HB 5521 Summary

• Eliminates the Board for Admission of Electors and transfers all elector admission appeal authority to town registrars of voters, with final appeals going to the State Elections Enforcement Commission instead of the board.

• Allows voter registration notices to be published on town websites in addition to newspapers, and removes the requirement that such notices be legal advertisements.

• Requires voting tabulator tenders to be electors of the state (rather than only the town) and removes mandatory registrar training programs for election law and procedures, keeping only poll worker training requirements.

• Changes election return delivery procedures so moderators electronically file preliminary and duplicate vote lists with the Secretary of the State and deliver copies to town clerks by specified deadlines, with a $50 late filing fee for non-compliance.

• Expands when voter names can be removed from registry lists to any day (except election day) when electors have moved, died, or been disfranchised, and removes the requirement for formal registration sessions on a specific day of the week.