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2010 SESSION

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HB 50 Absentee ballots; duties of electoral board to send within three business days, penalty.

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Absentee voting; duties of the general registrar; penalty.  Requires, once the printed ballots are available, that the general registrar send the absentee ballot within three business days of receiving a properly completed application. Any person who fails to discharge his duty regarding the absentee ballot process through willful neglect of duty and with malicious intent is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Absentee voting; duties of the general registrar; penalty.  Clarifies that any general registrar who fails, due to gross negligence or willful misconduct, to send or deliver an absentee ballot within three business days of receiving a properly completed application is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.