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2016 SESSION
SB 603 Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election. Allows for any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person in any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning the twenty-first day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16103418D
- 01/13/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/26/16 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/16 House: Read first time
- 02/03/16 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/08/16 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/16/16 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
- 03/08/16 House: Left in Privileges and Elections