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Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that CS FOR                  
HOUSE BILL NO. 211(FIN) An Act relating to voter registration                  
and to state election administration be taken up.  Without objection,          
the bill was read the second time.                                             
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent for the                      
adoption of the Finance Senate Committee Substitute offered on page            
3945.  Without objection, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL                      
NO. 211(FIN) An Act relating to voter registration and to state                
election administration; and providing for an effective date was               
adopted and read the second time.                                              
                                                                               
Senator Ellis offered Amendment No. 1 :                                         
                                                                               
Page 15, line 4, after "count,":                                               
	Insert "(1)"                                                              
                                                                               

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Page 15, line 7, after "computer":                                             
	Insert ";                                                                 
		(2)  to ensure the accuracy of the computer                                
tabulation, the division shall allow any person at a computer                  
tabulation center to place a card reader within the counting area;             
the person may request that the ballots from a precinct that have              
been previously counted be placed in the card reader for the                   
purpose of recounting at any time during the actual tabulation;                
however, under the authority of this paragraph, a person may                   
not request that more than 15 percent of the precinct's ballots be             
recounted"                                                                   
                                                                               
Senator Ellis moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1.  Senator              
Halford objected.                                                              
                                                                               
Senator Ellis moved and asked unanimous consent to withdraw                    
Amendment No. 1.  Without objection, Amendment No. 1 was                       
withdrawn.                                                                     
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be             
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final            
passage.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 211(FIN) was read                          
the third time.                                                                
                                                                               
The question being: Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE                           
BILL NO. 211(FIN) An Act relating to voter registration and to                 
state election administration; and providing for an effective date             
pass the Senate?  The roll was taken with the following result:                
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 211(FIN)                                                              
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
Effective Date                                                                 
                                                                               
YEAS:  17   NAYS:  3   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Donley, Ellis, Frank, Green, Halford, Hoffman, Kelly, Leman,            
Lincoln, Miller, Pearce, R.Phillips, Rieger, Salo, Sharp, Torgerson,           
Zharoff                                                                        
                                                                               
Nays:  Adams, Duncan, Taylor                                                   

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and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 211(FIN)                           
passed the Senate.                                                             
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote                
on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective             
date clause.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                            
                                                                               
Senator Duncan gave notice of reconsideration.