Straight ticket voting.

The effective date for the new voting rules was moved from January 1, 2027, to July 1, 2026, allowing voters to use the new rules sooner.

Clarified that straight party votes do not count for at-large offices if a voter also marks individual candidates for those offices, preventing double-counting of votes.

Removed specific instructions about write-in votes and independent tickets that were included in the enrolled version but are not part of the final House Bill text.

Updated the document header to reflect the final 'Enrolled House Bill' status and confirmed the effective date of January 1, 2027.

Replaced the 'Engrossed' title with 'Enrolled' and updated the legislative history to show final Senate concurrence.

The effective date for the new straight-ticket voting rules was changed from July 1, 2026, to January 1, 2027.

The bill's title and reprint dates were updated to reflect the new version (EH 1377) and the February 20, 2026, reprint date.

The digest was updated to explicitly state that the bill specifies how a straight-ticket vote is counted on a paper ballot.

The digest was updated to reflect that the bill removes a provision requiring specific ballot placement when multiple candidates can be elected to an office, whereas the introduced version did not explicitly mention this removal.

The document dates were updated to reflect the engrossed status, with the digest dated January 20, 2026, and the reprint date set for January 21, 2026.

The bill number was updated to HB 1377.2 to indicate the engrossed version, and the legislative history section was expanded to include the committee report and second reading dates.