HB 62 Summary

• Establishes a 14-day pre-election day voting period beginning 14 days before an election and continuing until noon on the Saturday immediately preceding Election Day for all primary, general, runoff, special, and municipal elections.

• Requires county registrar offices to conduct pre-election day voting during regular business hours, with extended hours until 7:00 p.m. during the last full week before an election, and Saturday voting from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for the two Saturdays immediately preceding the election.

• Requires election officials to post notice of pre-election day voting in three public places at least 8 days before the voting period begins, with one notice at the county courthouse or city hall.

• Eliminates in-person absentee ballot casting at registrar offices and restricts absentee voting to mail-in ballots for eligible voters, while establishing new eligibility categories including those temporarily residing outside their county during the pre-election voting period.

• Makes conforming changes to existing election law sections (23-15 and other codes) to accommodate the new pre-election day voting procedures and adjust candidate qualifying deadlines and other election-related timeframes accordingly.