Absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse.
Summary
Absentee voting; early voting in person without an excuse. Allows any registered voter to vote early beginning on the thirtieth day prior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill retains the current provisions for voting with an absentee ballot by mail during the entire absentee voting period or in person prior to the thirtieth day prior to the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. This bill was incorporated into SB 111.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 18, 2019
Last action Jan 14, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
1
Dec 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101408D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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