§ 207Requirements for Disapproval or Decertification of Voting Apparatuses

(a) The Commonwealth may not disapprove
or decertify a voting apparatus in 50% or more counties until
the requirements of this section have been met.
   (b) If the Commonwealth intends to make a disapproval or
decertification under subsection (a), the Department of State
must submit a written plan to the President pro tempore of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the Appropriations
Committee of the House of Representatives, the State Government
Committee of the Senate and the State Government Committee of
the House of Representatives at least 180 days prior to the
effective date of the replacement voting apparatuses, containing
all of the following information:
   (1) The reason for the disapproval or decertification.
   (2) The estimated cost to replace the disapproved or
decertified voting apparatus and the plan for how funding will
be obtained to cover the estimated cost.
   (3) A plan for replacing the disapproved or decertified
voting apparatus.
   (4) The effective date of the replacement voting apparatus.
   (c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
   "Electronic voting system" shall have the meaning given to
the term in section 1101-A.
   "Voting apparatus" shall mean a kind or type of electronic
voting system that received the approval of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth under section 1105-A.
   (207 added Oct. 31, 2019, P.L.552, No.77)