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2023 SESSION
SB 884 Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election.
Introduced by: Amanda F. Chase | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election. Repeals provisions of law permitting registration on election day; requires an excuse to vote absentee; removes the option to vote absentee in person; requires absentee ballots to either be accompanied by a copy of an approved form of identification or be notarized; requires absentee ballots returned to drop boxes to be returned by the voter; requires absentee ballots to be received by the general registrar by the close of polls on election day in order to be counted; requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote; 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 that he is the named registered voter he claims to be; eliminates the use of electronic poll books and voting machines while polls are open; and requires that ballots be manually tabulated in order to determine the results of an election.
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HISTORY
- 01/04/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102294D
- 01/04/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/31/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)