CS for Senate Bill No. 138(FIN) Summary

• Requires division of elections to include preliminary ranked-choice tabulations in election results and periodically post anonymized cast vote record files showing ballot ranking orders to increase transparency and allow public verification of vote counts.

• Expands voter registration and voting access by allowing voters to register and vote absentee ballots within 30 days before or on election day, removing the previous requirement for registration before the election.

• Establishes online ballot-tracking system allowing voters to confirm ballot delivery, track counting status, and receive information on how to cure rejected ballots due to missing or mismatched signatures or insufficient identification.

• Creates ballot cure procedure requiring division to contact voters within 24 hours of discovering ballot deficiencies and allowing voters 14 days after election day to provide missing signatures or identification documents to have rejected ballots counted.

• Implements risk-limiting audits of election results using statistical methods and makes numerous technical changes to absentee voting procedures, campaign sign regulations, and municipal officer financial disclosure requirements, with effective date of January 1, 2024.