HB 20-1289 Summary

• Aligns voter eligibility requirements for precinct caucuses by establishing uniform 22-day deadlines for residency, voter registration, and party affiliation across all caucus participation types.

• Allows 17-year-old preregistrants who will be 18 by the next general election to vote at or be elected as delegates to caucuses, assemblies, or conventions despite not meeting the 22-day party affiliation requirement.

• Reduces precinct committeeperson candidate residency requirement from 30 days to 22 days and reduces party affiliation requirement from two months to 22 days, while maintaining exceptions for newly naturalized citizens and newly eligible 18-year-olds.

• Shortens the deadline for county clerks to furnish registered voter lists to political parties from 21 days to 18 days when a precinct caucus is held on the first Saturday following the presidential primary election.

• Applies to all precinct caucuses held on or after the bill's effective date.