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2018 SESSION
HB 1226 Post-election deadlines; provisional ballots and absentee ballots.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Post-election deadlines; provisional ballots and absentee ballots. Extends from the third day after the election to the first Monday after the election the deadline by which a person voting provisionally due to lack of an accepted form of identification at the polling place has until to submit a copy of one of the accepted forms of identification to the electoral board in order to have his vote counted. The bill also provides that absentee ballots that are returned to the general registrar after the closing of the polls on election day but before noon on the first Monday after the election and that are postmarked on or before the date of the election shall be counted if the voter is found entitled to vote.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101741D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106816D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101741D
- 01/10/18 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/22/18 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/06/18 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2019 (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/18 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106816D-H1
- 02/10/18 House: Read first time
- 02/12/18 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/12/18 House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/12/18 House: Rereferred to Privileges and Elections
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Privileges and Elections