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ID S1198
Bill
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Senate Bill 1198 Summary
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Establishes "unaffiliated" voter status as an option at registration, with unaffiliated electors defaulting to this designation if they fail to select a political party affiliation.
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Allows political parties to voluntarily notify the Secretary of State up to 180 days before primary elections if they wish to permit unaffiliated voters or voters registered with other parties to participate in their primary elections.
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Requires unaffiliated electors to declare their choice of primary ballot at the polling place or on absentee ballot applications, and prohibits voting in multiple parties' primaries on the same election date.
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Permits registered electors to change party affiliation or unaffiliated status by filing a signed form with the county clerk no later than the last candidate filing deadline before a primary election.
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Applies the new provisions retroactively to the 2012 primary election, with special procedures for existing registered voters to select party affiliation or unaffiliated status during that election cycle.
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
to St Aff
3/31/2011