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OH HB92
Bill
Status
3/19/2009
Primary Sponsor
Danny Bubp
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AI Summary
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Requires absent voter's ballot identification envelope statements to be completed and signed for ballots to be counted; boards of elections must notify voters of incomplete statements by mail or telephone before election day.
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Prohibits same-day voter registration and same-day applications for absent voter's ballots; establishes that absent voter's ballots must be available in-person from the 20th day before election through 5 p.m. the day before the election.
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Permits boards of elections to establish up to three total locations (including main office) for in-person absent voting with majority board approval and geographic diversity; allows election observers to monitor in-person absent voting as well as election day voting.
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Requires Secretary of State to match voter registration information with motor vehicle records and notify boards of elections of mismatches; mismatches alone cannot be sole reason for voter removal from registration database.
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Revises board of elections member appointment process to require Secretary of State to prove lack of competence by clear and convincing evidence when refusing party recommendations; establishes specific procedures for resubmission of rejected candidates.
Legislative Description
To require absent voter's ballot identification envelope statements to be completed for absent voter's ballots to be counted, to require boards of elections to notify absent voters that their ballots will be rejected if they do not complete the required statement, to generally prohibit same day voter registration and application for absent voter's ballots, to permit election observers to be appointed to serve at the board of elections or at another designated site during the time absent voter's ballots may be cast in person, to revise the time period in which voters may cast absent voter's ballots in person, to permit a board of elections to establish additional locations at which voters may cast absent voter's ballots in person, to require the Secretary of State to notify boards of elections of mismatches between voter registration information and motor vehicle records, and to revise the process for appointing members of a board of elections.
Absentee voting/registration verification/board of elections appointments
Last Action
To Elections & Ethics
3/19/2009