HB 5634 Summary

• Allows absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to apply for voter registration using the federal postcard application without additional state registration forms.

• Requires county, city, township, and village clerks to electronically transmit blank voter registration and absent voter ballot applications to voters upon request.

• Permits absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to receive absent voter ballots electronically and print them, then return voted ballots by mail to the appropriate clerk.

• Requires ballots postmarked by the close of polls on election day to be counted and tabulated for final election results if received before the canvassing board certifies results and registration complies with law requirements.

• Establishes a 45-day deadline before elections for clerks to electronically transmit or mail absent voter ballots to eligible absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters, with extensions allowed if ballots are sent late.