relative to hand counts of ballots in elections.

SB 44 allows voters in precincts using electronic ballot-counting devices to request a hand count of their individual ballot when submitting it to the election moderator. This directly affects voters who wish to have their ballot manually counted instead of processed by the machine. The bill requires moderators to place such requested ballots in a designated compartment on the side of the electronic device, creating a separate handling process for hand-counted ballots. The policy change provides an option for voters to verify their ballot's count without altering the standard machine-counting procedure for other ballots.