SB 560 Summary

• Requires all elections statewide to be conducted by mail beginning with the 2022 primary election, with ballots mailed approximately 18 days before election day to all registered voters.

• Establishes voter service centers open from the tenth business day before an election through election day (7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) to receive ballot deliveries, accommodate voters with disabilities, and provide same-day registration and voting services.

• Allows voters to return mail-in ballots by U.S. Postal Service (must be received by election day closing), personal delivery to places of deposit by 6:00 p.m. on election day, or personal delivery to voter service centers by election day closing time.

• Specifies that election expenses for mail-in elections involving both state and county offices shall be divided equally between the State and counties, with counties responsible for voter registration and ballot mailing and the State responsible for ballot printing and counting.

• Appropriates $200,000 annually for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to the Office of Elections for implementation and voter education, plus $830,731 annually to counties as grants for startup and transition costs, distributed proportionally by registered voter population.