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SB 62 Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Primary elections; voter registration by political party. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2013, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time before the registration records are closed prior to an election. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board of Elections by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party primary. The bill incorporates SB 244. The bill is identical to HB 1051.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100717D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104359D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/05/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100717D
- 01/05/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/17/12 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Campaigns and Elections
- 01/31/12 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/31/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104359D-S1
- 02/01/12 Senate: Incorporates SB244
- 02/02/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/12 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/12 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/12 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104359D-S1
- 02/08/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB62S1
- 02/09/12 Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
- 02/09/12 Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/12 Senate: Defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N)