HB1487 - Ballot Security Act of 2023

• County election boards must prepare and securely deliver official absentee ballots to the county clerk no later than 47 days before any election and provide a detailed ballot count report listing delivery dates, methods, quantities by ballot style, and names/signatures of persons delivering ballots.

• Election officials must meet no earlier than the Tuesday before an election to process absentee ballots and no earlier than 8:30 a.m. on election day to count them, with public notice of timing and location and allowance for public in-person viewing of the absentee canvassing process.

• Spoiled ballots must be marked "CANCELLED" with a stamp and signed by poll workers with date and time, then securely preserved separately and made available for public inspection, with election judges reporting total spoiled ballots to the county board.

• Marked absentee and provisional ballots must be transported in sealed containers by at least two election officials, with completion of signed ballot transfer forms documenting date, time, locations, ballot quantities, person identities, and destination.

• County election boards must electronically record detailed information on all provisional ballots including voter name, address, date of birth, marking date, location, and election official names, then reconcile total provisional ballots received with copies provided to the county clerk within one business day after election day.