H.B. 451 - Election Omnibus Summary

• Restores partisan judicial elections by repealing the nonpartisan judicial election system and requiring judges to file as party nominees in primary elections.

• Reduces early voting period from third Thursday to second Thursday before election; eliminates Sunday voting during one-stop voting.

• Changes ballot order to list the Governor's party first, followed by other qualified parties and unaffiliated candidates in alphabetical order.

• Eliminates straight-party voting by removing the option for voters to cast one mark to vote for all candidates of a single party.

• Eliminates same-day voter registration by requiring registration 25 days before an election and repealing provisions allowing registration on election day.