CS for SB 7066 - Election Administration Summary

• Requires Secretary of State to provide signature matching training to supervisors of elections and county canvassing board members.

• Extends vote-by-mail ballot request deadline to 10 days before election and allows designees to collect ballots up to 9 days before election day; requires supervisors to provide secure drop boxes at early voting locations and supervisor offices.

• Moves primary election to 11 weeks before general election (from 10 weeks) and allows canvassing of vote-by-mail ballots to begin 22 days before election (from 15 days).

• Establishes cure procedures for provisional and vote-by-mail ballots with signature deficiencies, allowing electors until 5 p.m. on the 2nd day after election to submit cure affidavits with identification.

• Revises voting rights restoration provisions to distinguish between automatic restoration upon sentence completion for non-violent felons versus executive clemency requirement for murder and sexual offense convicts; creates work group to review verification processes.