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1994 SESSION

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SB 326 Counting absentee ballots; central absentee voter precincts.

Introduced by: Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. | 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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/25/94  Senate: Presented and ordered printed  pdf
• 02/08/94  Senate: Committee substitute printed LD2198661 (SB326S1)  pdf
• 03/02/94  House: Committee substitute printed LD2227352 (SB326H1)  pdf
• 03/22/94  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB326ER)  pdf
• 04/19/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/25/94  Senate: Presented and ordered printed
• 01/25/94  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/08/94  Senate: Reported from P. & E. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/94  Senate: Committee substitute printed LD2198661 (SB326S1)
• 02/09/94  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/94  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/94  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/94  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/94  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
• 02/10/94  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
• 02/10/94  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/94  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/94  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/94  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/94  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/11/94  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/94  House: Read first time
• 02/12/94  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/22/94  House: Assigned to P. & E. sub-committee: 2
• 03/02/94  House: Reported from P. & E. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/94  House: Committee substitute printed LD2227352 (SB326H1)
• 03/03/94  House: Read second time
• 03/04/94  House: Read third time
• 03/04/94  House: Committee substitute agreed to
• 03/04/94  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
• 03/04/94  House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/94  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/94  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/08/94  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/94  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/22/94  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB326ER)
• 03/29/94  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/30/94  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/31/94  House: Signed by Speaker
• 04/11/94  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/94)
• 04/19/94  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)