ABSENTEE BALLOT POSTMARK
Summary
Amends the Election Code. With respect to absentee ballots, provides that those returned by mail must be postmarked by midnight preceding election day, for counting no later than during the period for counting provisional ballots.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2009
Committee Review
May 2009
House Passage
May 2009
Senate Passage
May 2009
Signed into Law
Aug 2009
Introduced Mar 19, 2009
Signed Aug 11, 2009
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2009 · House Mar 18, 2009
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 48
May 14, 2009
D
Democratic29
96% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 11, 2009
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 14, 2009
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 6, 2009
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Elections; 008-000-000
upper
Apr 22, 2009
Committee
Assigned to Elections
upper
Mar 26, 2009
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 19, 2009
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 18, 2009
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-0-3)
house
Mar 10, 2009
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Mar 3, 2009
Committee
Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
lower
Feb 26, 2009
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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