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CO SB202

Bill

Status

Passed

5/29/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jessie Danielson

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Secretary of State shall establish procedures enabling voters with disabilities to independently and privately mark ballots or use electronic voting devices with paper records through nonvisual access, low-vision access, or assistive technology in mail ballot elections.

  • Voters with disabilities may request ballots and materials be sent by electronic transmission, choosing either email delivery or other electronic means offered by their jurisdiction.

  • Election officials must transmit ballots to voters with disabilities within seventy-two hours if the ballot application arrives after the jurisdiction begins distributing ballots to voters.

  • Voters with disabilities receiving electronically transmitted ballots must print the ballot and return it to the election official before the close of polls on election day.

  • $50,000 appropriated to the Department of State information technology division for the 2019-20 fiscal year to implement the act.

Legislative Description

Voting Rights For Voters With Disabilities

Last Action

Governor Signed

5/29/2019

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/18/2019
State, Veterans, and Military Affairs4/15/2019
Committee of the Whole4/12/2019
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs3/19/2019

Full Bill Text

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