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SB 1334 Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting preparations. Authorizes the electoral board to give a general registrar the option to expedite preparations for counting optical scan absentee ballots returned by mail. The board can authorize verifying completion of the required affirmation, marking the pollbook, and inserting ballots in optical scan equipment in the presence of officers of election representing both parties without initiating any vote counts. Prohibits persons present during the preparations from disclosing any information concerning the ballots. This bill is identical to HB 2287.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/07 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 079260808 pdf
- 02/22/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER) pdf
- 03/14/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/15/07 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 079260808
- 01/15/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/23/07 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/05/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/09/07 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 House: Read second time
- 02/13/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/07 House: Read third time
- 02/14/07 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/14/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/14/07 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER)
- 02/23/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/14/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)