SB 810 Summary

• Requires residential care facilities to display Secretary of State posters explaining that ballot coaching is prohibited in a public area for 45 days before each election through election day.

• Establishes photo identification requirements for voter registration in person and voting at polls, with option to sign affidavit if identification is unavailable.

• Changes village regular elections to be held at the general November election (effective after December 31, 2012), with nominating petitions due by 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the general November election beginning January 1, 2014.

• Expands absent voter ballot procedures for uniformed services members and overseas voters, including electronic transmission of ballots and applications, with 45-day advance mailing requirement and extended ballot receipt deadlines if transmission is delayed.

• Requires city and township clerks to determine provisional ballot eligibility within 6 days after election and report provisional ballot and affidavit statistics to county and state officials within specified timeframes.