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ID H0351
Bill
AI Summary
HB 351 Summary
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Establishes a system allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in primary elections by declaring their choice of party ballot on election day, while maintaining their unaffiliated registration status.
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Requires registered voters to select a political party affiliation or designate themselves as "unaffiliated" at registration, with unaffiliated as the default if no selection is made.
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Permits political parties to voluntarily notify the Secretary of State up to 180 days before a primary election to allow unaffiliated electors and/or electors from other parties to vote in their primary.
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Allows electors to change party affiliation or unaffiliated status by filing a signed form with the county clerk by the candidate filing deadline prior to a primary election.
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Applies new primary election provisions to mail ballot precincts and absentee ballot procedures, requiring unaffiliated voters to indicate which party ballot they choose to receive.
Legislative Description
Adds to and amends existing law relating to elections to revise provisions relating to mail ballot precincts, to provide provisions relating to electors who have designated a political party affiliation and to provide provisions relating to "unaffiliated" electors; to revise provisions relating to the registration of electors and to provide provisions relating to primary elections; to provide provisions relating to an elector's change of party affiliation or an elector's designation as "unaffiliated" and to provide provisions relating to "unaffiliated" electors' selection of political party affiliation; to set forth provisions relating to the eligibility to vote in primary elections, to provide provisions relating to notification to the Secretary of State, to provide provisions relating to the declaration by certain electors of choice of primary ballot and to provide provisions relating to the application of law on certain electors designated as "unaffiliated."
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Last Action
Governor signed Session Law Chapter 319 Effective: 07/01/11
4/13/2011