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SB 830 Absentee voting and procedures; SBE to provide to military overseas, secure electronic ballots.

Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Elections; absentee voting and procedures; secure return of voted military-overseas ballots. Directs the State Board of Elections to provide instructions and procedures so that uniformed-service voters can return voted military-overseas ballots securely by electronic format. The bill also provides for expedited procedures when a ballot is requested but not sent by the deadline for making ballots available. This bill incorporates SB 874.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Voting by military and overseas citizens; pilot program. Authorizes the Secretary of the State Board of Elections to establish a pilot program or demonstration project with the U.S. Department of Defense Federal Voting Assistance Program or other federal agency for the purposes of allowing members of the military on active duty and their spouses, citizens residing outside of the United States, and military voters with disabilities or injuries to vote absentee by secure electronic means or other new technologies.