HB 1284 Summary

• Requires petitions of nomination filed with county voter registration offices to contain original signatures only, prohibiting photocopies or reproductions.

• Permits county vote center plans to use alternative titles for precinct election officials and requires the plan to specify which officer performs each required duty.

• Defines incomplete voter registration applications and amends late registration procedures for military and overseas voters, requiring county election boards to transmit absentee ballots to approved applicants requesting electronic mail delivery.

• Changes in-office absentee voting window from 29 days to 28 days before an election and requires satellite voting office resolutions to expire January 1 following the year of adoption.

• Establishes procedures for voter list maintenance including comparison with neighboring state voter lists to identify duplicate registrations and specifies rules for designating voter registrations as "inactive."