Senate Enrolled Act 175 - Absentee Ballots Summary

• Removes voter identification number from information that can be pre-printed on absentee ballot applications, and adds it to prohibited pre-printed information instead.

• Requires absentee ballot application forms to request the last four digits of a voter's Social Security number or a statement that the voter lacks a Social Security number, with compliance marked as optional.

• Mandates circuit court clerks record absentee ballot applications and related information in the statewide voter registration list, including Social Security number information provided by voters.

• Clarifies that voters cannot be denied absentee ballots solely for failing to provide requested Social Security number information on their applications.

• Directs the legislative council to assign topics on ballot security for mailed absentee ballots and connections between voter registration and state revenue department files to a study committee, with final recommendations due November 1, 2012.