HB 2743 Summary

• Requires valid state-issued identification for all voters in primary and general elections, and restricts in-person voting to election day only (except absentee ballots).

• Mandates hand counting of all ballots within 24 hours after polls close, prohibits electronic voting machines for general use, and requires anti-fraud ballot paper with holograms or identification markings.

• Eliminates the active early voting list established under prior law and restricts absentee voting to four specific reasons: being outside the state, hospitalization/nursing home confinement, visual impairment, or being an absent uniformed services or overseas voter.

• Limits election precincts to a maximum of 1,500 registered voters and eliminates voting centers, replacing them with precinct-based polling places that must remain unchanged unless voters receive two years' advance notice.

• Prohibits election officials from requiring masks, vaccines, or virus testing at polling places and removes Secretary of State authority over certain election procedures, transferring responsibilities to county boards of supervisors.