§ 19231 Voting Equipment Reexamination

• •The Secretary of State can order a re‑check of voting equipment if the first check seems weak.
• •The re‑check must happen before the six‑month deadline before a statewide election.
• •State‑approved testing agencies or expert technicians can do the work, and the county election office pays for it.
• •A full report must be sent to the governor, attorney general, all county election officials, the legislative election committees, and the equipment maker.

A county elections office inspects its new voting machines and says they are fine, but the Secretary of State thinks the test might have missed something. The Secretary orders the machines to be tested again by a state‑approved lab before the next election.

The Secretary can require the extra test, pay the lab using the county’s money, and then send a report of what was found to the governor, attorney general, other counties, the state legislature’s election committees, and the machine maker.