HB69 Summary

• Amends Section 11-46-32 to remove the 21-day deadline requirement for mayors to deliver absentee election supplies to the municipal clerk, conforming municipal law to Title 17 requirements.

• Amends Section 11-46-33 to distinguish "voting machines" (mechanical devices) from "electronic vote counting systems" as defined in Title 17, clarifying that statutory requirements for voting machines do not apply to municipalities using electronic systems.

• Amends Section 11-46-55 to establish a new procedure for resolving ties in runoff elections: the municipal governing body has one week from the runoff election canvassing date to decide the winner by majority vote, or the tie is decided by lot no later than 5:00 P.M. on the first Tuesday following the runoff election.

• Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.