Senate Bill No. 2120 - Summary

• Adopts the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to establish voting procedures for uniformed service members, military dependents, and overseas citizens with connections to North Dakota

• Permits covered voters to apply for and receive absentee ballots by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail, with ballots due by 11:59 p.m. on the day before election

• Requires election officials to transmit ballots to covered voters no later than 45 days before election or the business day before if that date falls on weekend/holiday

• Establishes secretary of state responsibilities to develop standardized balloting materials, implement electronic transmission system for applications and ballot tracking, and create election notices for federal write-in ballots

• Protects covered voters from ballot rejection based on late/unreadable/missing postmarks if voter affirmed timely submission, and eliminates nonessential documentation requirements like notarization