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HB 2198 Local elections for governing bodies; elections for school boards, qualification of voters.

Introduced by: Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Local elections for governing bodies; elections for school boards; qualification of voters. Provides that in a locality that imposes district-based or ward-based residency requirements for members of the governing body or school board, the member elected from each district or ward is to be elected by the qualified voters of that district or ward and not by the locality at large. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Local elections for governing bodies; qualification of voters. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, in a locality that elects its governing body at large from the locality, any qualified voter of the locality shall be entitled to vote for the at-large candidates, and in a locality that elects its governing body from districts or wards, only the qualified voters of a district or ward shall be entitled to vote for the candidates of that district or ward. In a locality that elects its governing body from any combination of at-large and districts or wards, any qualified voter of the locality shall be entitled to vote for the at-large candidates and only the qualified voters of a district or ward shall be entitled to vote for the candidates of that district or ward.