Removes provisions for acceptance of mail-in ballots received after election day; increases penalties for violation of ballot messenger and bearer limits and candidate prohibition.

This bill removes provisions allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if received after polls close - specifically eliminating the current rules that accepted postmarked ballots by election day received within 144 hours, or unpostmarked ballots received within 48 hours. It directly affects county election boards, which can no longer accept late ballots, and voters who submit ballots after polls close. The bill also increases penalties for violating messenger/bearer rules: exceeding limits (e.g., serving more than three voters) or candidates acting as messengers now carry a second-degree crime charge (up from third degree), with disenfranchisement upon conviction. These changes take effect immediately upon passage.