Title: Amends Ballot Counting Process
Title: Amends Ballot Counting Process
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that amends the ballot counting process.
Requires local elections boards to check immediately for a voters’ signature on an absentee ballot before counting it (Sec. 1).
Prohibits local elections boards from processing any absentee ballots prior to 8 days before the start of early voting (Sec. 1).
Authorizes elections boards to delay canvassing until late-arriving absentee ballots arrive (Sec. 1).
Prohibits elections boards from tabulating absentee ballots before election day (Sec. 1).
Authorizes elections boards to not count absentee ballots that arrive after election day (Sec. 1).
Requires elections boards to reject a provisional or absentee ballot if (Sec. 1):
The voter failed to sign the oath;
There is more than one ballot for a voter; or
There is an identifying mark on the outside of the ballot that indicates the choices of the voter.
Specifies processes for a voter to supply a signature and have their ballot counted should they fail to sign the oath (Sec. 1).
Requires elections boards to report early, absentee, and provisional votes separately (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Ballot Counting Process
Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends the ballot counting process.
Requires local elections boards to check immediately for a voters’ signature on an absentee ballot before counting it (Sec. 1).
Prohibits local elections boards from processing any absentee ballots prior to 8 days before the start of early voting (Sec. 1).
Authorizes elections boards to delay canvassing until late-arriving absentee ballots arrive (Sec. 1).
Prohibits elections boards from tabulating absentee ballots before election day (Sec. 1).
Authorizes elections boards to not count absentee ballots that arrive after election day (Sec. 1).
Requires elections boards to reject a provisional or absentee ballot if (Sec. 1):
The voter failed to sign the oath;
There is more than one ballot for a voter; or
There is an identifying mark on the outside of the ballot that indicates the choices of the voter.
Specifies processes for a voter to supply a signature and have their ballot counted should they fail to sign the oath (Sec. 1).
Requires elections boards to report early, absentee, and provisional votes separately (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Ballot Counting Process
Title: Amends Ballot Counting Process