Relating to: poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots.
AB 541 requires election officials to mark the poll list number on the back of each absentee ballot after verifying its validity. This affects local election boards handling absentee ballots, specifically the "board of absentee ballot canvassers" during the ballot processing step. The bill amends a statute to mandate that officials record the elector's poll list number on the ballot's back before depositing it into the ballot box. This is a procedural change to standardize ballot tracking, not a policy shift affecting voters or election outcomes.
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Introduced Oct 15, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Oct 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Arney, DeSmidt, Emerson, Johnson, McCarville, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Palmeri and Miresse;
cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Wirch and Hesselbein
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Angela Stroud
DDemocratic
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Ann Roe
DDemocratic
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Ben DeSmidt
DDemocratic
P
Deb Andraca
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Emerson
DDemocratic
P
Lee Snodgrass
DDemocratic
P
Lori Palmeri
DDemocratic
P
Margaret Arney
DDemocratic
P
Maureen McCarville
DDemocratic
P
Randy Udell
DDemocratic
P
Shelia Stubbs
DDemocratic
P
Tara Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Vinnie Miresse
DDemocratic
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