Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election.
Summary
Allows any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the twenty-first day prior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifth day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the twenty-first day before the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 20, 2017
Last action Dec 20, 2017
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Dec 20, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Dec 20, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101090D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JH
Janet Howell
DDemocratic
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