Amends TCA Title 2.

This bill adds the following provisions regarding elections:<br /> <br /> (1) Beginning with the 2024 election cycle, this bill requires each county election commission to use ballot-marking devices or hand-marked ballots and tabulate the votes using an electronic tabulator or by a hand count. If a county election commission cannot acquire the necessary equipment to implement this requirement before the 2024 elections, the county election commission may request the secretary of state for an extension to 2026 for compliance. This bill provides that the state will share in at least 50 percent of the cost of a county election commission complying with this requirement, subject to appropriations;<br /> <br /> (2) This bill prohibits preventing a poll watcher from observing and documenting the counting and processing of ballots from a normal unaided visual length of sight, which is a distance of three feet or less; and<br /> <br /> (3) This bill requires the coordinator of elections to prescribe security features that must be used on paper ballots. The security features may include watermarks, fluorescence, digital holograms, or a unique ballot identifier that ensures no ballot can be duplicated or counted more than once. The coordinator of elections may change the ballot security features from election to election. This bill states the intent of the general assembly that the coordinator of elections use all reasonable security features to ensure the security of the election.<br />