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HB 1503 Voting precincts; size requirements.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Voting precincts; size requirements. Modifies the present law’s requirement that counties and cities revise voting precinct boundaries whenever the number of registered voters in a precinct exceeds 5,000. The bill continues the present law’s requirement that no precinct should be established that contains more than 5,000 registered voters. However, the requirement to revise precincts will not be triggered unless the number of voters who voted in a precinct in a presidential election exceeds 4,000. Recent increases in the number of registered voters have coincided with declines in voter turnout and triggered precinct adjustments when actual voter turnout has not necessitated the precinct changes. The bill does not change the locality’s authority to redraw precincts at the locality’s option to handle large or growing precincts.


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