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IN SB0427
Bill
Status
1/10/2018
Primary Sponsor
Karen Tallian
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AI Summary
SB 427 Summary
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County election boards may adopt resolutions to conduct municipal primary elections, municipal elections, and special elections for public questions as all-mail voting in odd-numbered years, with resolutions adoptable only January 1-March 1 or June 1-August 15.
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Towns conducting their own elections may similarly adopt resolutions for all-mail voting of municipal elections in odd-numbered years during the same time periods, with both county and town resolutions expiring December 31 after adoption.
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Establishes comprehensive all-mail voting procedures including ballot preparation, 18-day advance mailing, accessible voting sites, ballot dropboxes (one per 2,500 registered voters), and voter boards for ballot collection and counting at a central location.
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Requires ballots to be received by 6 p.m. on election day if hand-delivered or by noon 10 days after election day if mailed with postmark dated on or before election day.
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Creates voter rights protections, prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot dropboxes and at voting sites, and suspends conflicting statutes related to traditional polling place procedures.
Legislative Description
Vote by mail. Authorizes a county election board to provide that all municipal primary elections, municipal elections, and special elections for a public question held in the county in odd numbered years be held by all mail voting. Authorizes towns that conduct their own municipal elections to provide that all the town's municipal primary elections, municipal elections, and special elections for a public question held in the town in odd numbered years be held by all mail voting.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
1/10/2018