HB 06332 Summary

• Replaces references to voting "machines" with "tabulators" throughout election statutes and changes vote counting procedures to use tabulator tape printouts instead of opening machine compartments.

• Allows candidates to authorize how their names appear on ballots rather than requiring names to match registry lists exactly.

• Extends the deadline for nominating petitions and party endorsements from 55 days to 62 days before elections.

• Shifts ballot preparation responsibilities between municipal clerks and registrars of voters, with registrars now preparing sample ballots and working with clerks on official ballot design.

• Changes primary voting booth ratios from one booth per 2,400 electors to one booth per 500 electors, and removes restrictions on write-in voting at primaries.