SB24-210: Modifications to Laws Regarding Elections

• Voter preregistration age lowered from 16 to 15 years old, allowing younger teens to register before becoming eligible to vote at 18.

• Presidential election primary participation exempted from defeated candidate rule, allowing primary losers to run in the general election for president (unlike other offices).

• Petition circulation reporting requirements established for candidates and ballot measures, including circulator expenditure reports due within 10 days of petition filing, with penalties for violations.

• Election administration timeline adjustments made, including extended petition filing deadlines, extended signature cure periods (3 to 5 days), and changes to ranked voting implementation requirements.

• Risk-limiting audits prioritized over random audits for election verification, with requirements that ranked choice voting be piloted in municipalities across different county sizes before state/federal use.