A.__Mechanical lever voting machines; and

B.__Punch card voting machines.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §809-A is enacted to read:

§809-A.__Certain electronic connections and Internet voting

prohibited

1.__Electronic connections prohibited.__Connections of any voting devices, as defined by section 808, via the Internet to centralized vote collection equipment may not be employed by election officials of the State.__Networking of voting machines, Internet-enabled or otherwise, is prohibited.

2.__Electronic returns.__A vote total that is transmitted electronically is not considered an official return.__The official return of votes cast must be prepared in accordance with section 711.__Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the electronic filing of unofficial returns.

3. Internet voting.__Use of the Internet for the casting of votes on-line is prohibited.

Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §812, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

A voting machine purchased by a municipality used in the conduct of state elections must meet the following requirements.

Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §812, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 459, §88, is repealed.

Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §812, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10.__Paper audit trail.__Unless excluded pursuant to section 812-A, subsection 1, it must produce or employ permanent paper records of the votes cast that are able to be verified by individual voters before their votes are cast and that provide a manual audit capacity for the machine.__In the case of direct recording electronic voting machines, those records must also identify the individual machines that produced them without revealing the identities of the voters who cast the ballots.__In all cases, these records must be reviewed in the event of a recount and considered in conjunction with the machine-produced tally.