SB235 Summary

• Extends the voter registration prohibition period from 10 days to 14 days before any election, during which boards of registrars cannot register new qualified electors.

• Requires boards of registrars to maintain open offices during business days in the 14-day period and on election day during voting hours.

• Mandates that the judge of probate prepare and print voter registration lists within the 10-day period before elections, with electronic archives recorded simultaneously.

• Removes the exception that previously allowed counties with a population of 600,000 or more inhabitants to follow local voter registration deadline laws, making all counties subject to the same 14-day deadline.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and implementation begins with the November 2014 general election.