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1994 SESSION
HB 1001 Counting absentee ballots; central absentee voter precincts.
Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Voting equipment; absentee ballots; central absentee voter precincts. Deletes the requirement that mark sense ballots must have a ballot square or target area of a certain size. This requirement effectively prevents the approval of such equipment for use in elections. The bill also allows election officials at central absentee voter stations to insert mark sense ballots into the counting equipment (as is now the case for punchcard ballots) so that the counting of the ballots can start as soon as the polls close. Localities are authorized, subject to certain conditions, to assign officers at the central absentee voter stations for less than a full day. Those conditions are that (i) there must always be at least three officers present who represent two political parties and (ii) no officer can leave the precinct after the counting of ballots begins.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/12/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD2212364 (HB1001H1) pdf
- 03/11/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1001ER) pdf
- 04/07/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/01/94 House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
- 02/12/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD2212364 (HB1001H1)
- 02/12/94 House: Reported from P. & E. w/substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/94 House: Read first time
- 02/14/94 House: Read second time
- 02/14/94 House: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/14/94 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/15/94 House: Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N)
- 02/15/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N)
- 02/15/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/16/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/22/94 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/94 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/24/94 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/94 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/94 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/94 House: Title replaced
- 02/28/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 2-N)
- 03/11/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1001ER)
- 03/22/94 House: Enrolled
- 03/23/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/07/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0287)