SB293 Summary

• Requires county election boards to announce and correct ballot errors or omissions in public meetings, unless correction is impossible before voting ends or costs and disruption outweigh benefits (determined by unanimous board vote).

• Mandates special error correction ballots for omitted races, candidates, or non-school-millage issues, with affected voters notified using voter registration contact information and allowed to cast an additional ballot for the omitted content.

• Establishes mitigation measures for ballot errors including posted notices at voting locations and absentee ballot materials, with notices for candidate name errors not identifying the specific affected candidate.

• Creates new procedures for counting special error correction ballots as either regular ballots (counted with absentee ballots on election day) or provisional ballots (canvassed with other provisional ballots using eligibility criteria).

• Requires county election boards to submit ballot proof copies or programming software reports to candidates at least 42 days before elections, showing candidate names as they appear on ballots, assigned contests, and relevant precincts.