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HB 1444 Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required, availability of absentee voting.

Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required; availability of absentee voting in person; processing of returned absentee ballots; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. A voter who does not show an accepted form of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill limits the period that absentee voting in person is available to the seven days prior to an election and allows localities to offer extended hours for absentee voting in person. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows an absentee ballot that is returned after the close of polls to be counted if it is postmarked by election day and arrives by the Friday after the election. The bill makes changes to the processing of returned absentee ballots and repeals the permanent absentee voter list.