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2023 SESSION

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HB 1680 Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records, required affirmation.

Introduced by: Margaret B. Ransone | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records; required affirmation. Requires the Department of Elections to prescribe procedures for the handling and counting of ballots cast by persons who register to vote on the day of the election, including a requirement that such person affirm, subject to felony penalties for making false statements, that he is not intentionally voting more than once in the same election, whether in the same or a different jurisdiction, and that he is not intentionally registering to vote at more than one residence at the same time, both of which constitute the crime of election fraud and are punishable as a Class 6 felony.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records; required affirmation. Requires any registration application used to register persons after the close of registration records, up to and including the day of an election, to require the applicant to affirm, subject to felony penalties for making false statements, that he is not intentionally voting more than once in the same election, whether in the same or a different jurisdiction, and that he is not intentionally registering to vote at more than one residence at the same time, both of which constitute the crime of election fraud and are punishable as a Class 6 felony.