HB 2744 Summary

• Repeals section 16-544 (active early voting list), eliminating automatic early voter status and requiring voters to request early ballots for each election.

• Restricts early ballot requests to 93 days before an election, with exceptions for absent uniformed services voters, overseas voters, and voters with protected information.

• Requires electors appearing in person at the county recorder's on-site early voting location by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before election to receive their ballot and return it by mail only (with exception for absent uniformed services and overseas voters).

• Eliminates authorization for county recorders to establish multiple early voting locations; limits on-site early voting to the county recorder's main office only.

• Removes emergency voting provisions that allowed qualified electors experiencing emergencies between Friday and Monday before election to vote in other approved methods.