SF3021 Summary

• Requires county auditors to report to the Secretary of State by February 15 of odd-numbered years on postelection sampling data, including nondeliverable notices and voter eligibility issues from the previous state general election.

• Clarifies absentee voting procedures, including the 46-day period for in-person absentee voting and requiring at least one voting booth and one electronic ballot marker accessible to individuals with disabilities in each polling place.

• Allows write-in candidates to file requests up to 5:00 p.m. on the filing deadline, and permits local governments to require write-in vote recording only when votes meet specified thresholds.

• Requires special elections and special primaries to be held on Tuesdays and makes technical changes to polling place designation, ballot counting procedures, and election judge qualifications.

• Changes terminology from "sample ballots" to "example ballots" and makes various clarifying amendments to election administration statutes regarding voting systems, ballot formats, and municipal election scheduling.