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ND HB1288

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2013

Primary Sponsor

James Kasper

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Origin

House of Representatives

63rd Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends voting place designation authority so that precincts including territory within incorporated city boundaries must have voting places designated and altered by the city's governing body rather than county commissioners.

  • Requires each incorporated city with a population over 1,000 to maintain at least one voting place within the city open on statewide election days.

  • Requires each legislative district to have at least one voting place within the district open on statewide election days, and in multi-county districts, at least one voting place in each county must be open.

  • Allows counties to operate vote centers containing all precincts where any qualified county elector may vote, with vote centers designated as the polling place for at least one precinct.

  • Makes voting or attempting to vote more than once in a single election a class A misdemeanor.

Legislative Description

Voting places.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 42 nays 51

2/25/2013

Committee Referrals

Political Subdivisions1/14/2013

Full Bill Text

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