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OH HB266
Bill
Status
6/15/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Letson
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AI Summary
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Allows isolated patients in hospitals or health care facilities to vote with assistance from two bipartisan board of elections employees using telephonic or electronic means
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Permits board employees to accept voter's verbal instructions for marking ballots as long as elector and both employees can hear each other at all times
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Eliminates signature requirement on identification envelope for isolated patients; allows use of facsimile signature obtained from hospital for signature verification instead
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Requires elector and board employees to be in view of each other during voting process when circumstances permit
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Applies to qualified electors unable to travel to polling places due to hospital confinement from accidents or unforeseeable medical emergencies
Legislative Description
To establish a process to permit an elector who is confined to a health care facility under isolation to vote with the assistance of bipartisan board of elections employees, and to permit the elector's facsimile signature, provided by the hospital, to be used for signature verification purposes.
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Last Action
To State Government & Elections
6/15/2011