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2020 SESSION

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SB 857 Voter registration; public access not required for certain events.

Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Voter registration; public access not required for certain voter registration events. Provides that a voter registration event conducted in a high school or at the location of a naturalization ceremony is not required to be open to the public. Currently, opportunities for voter registration are required to be provided at sites open to the public.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Voter registration; notice and public access not required for certain voter registration events. Provides that voter registration conducted in a high school or at the location of a naturalization ceremony and voter registration events sponsored or conducted by an entity or organization that the general registrar or an assistant registrar attends as an invitee are not required to be open to the public. Currently, opportunities for voter registration are required to be provided at sites open to the public. The bill also provides that notice is not required for voter registration events that are not open to the public that the general registrar or an assistant registrar attends or voter registration events that the general registrar or an assistant registrar attends as an invitee.