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OH HB76
Bill
Status
2/1/2011
Primary Sponsor
Mike Foley
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AI Summary
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Requires election officials to remake and count provisional ballots for eligible offices/questions/issues if the official failed to direct a voter to their correct precinct.
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Establishes a "poll worker checklist" section of the provisional ballot affirmation to be completed by election officials, including identification of the voter's correct precinct and whether the official directed the voter there.
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Modifies the provisional ballot affirmation form to remove certain verification statement sections previously completed by election officials and replaces them with the new poll worker checklist.
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Clarifies that an election official is deemed to have failed to direct a voter to the correct precinct if they did not complete or incorrectly completed the poll worker checklist portion of the affirmation.
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Removes references to election notices as acceptable forms of identification for provisional ballot purposes.
Legislative Description
To require a provisional ballot to be remade and counted for the offices, questions, and issues for which the provisional voter was eligible to vote, if the election official assisting that provisional voter failed to direct the provisional voter to the correct precinct, and to revise the portion of the provisional ballot affirmation required to be completed by the election official.
Provisional ballots-count if pollworker fails to direct voter to correct precinct
Last Action
To State Government & Elections
2/1/2011