Steve Gooch voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Election Laws
Title: Amends Election Laws
Vote to pass a bill that amends election laws.
Specifies that the deadline to apply to register to vote before a runoff primary or any primary, election or runoff held in conjunction with each primary, shall be closed on the fifth Monday prior to the date of such run-off or primary (Sec. 3).
Specifies that if the fifth monday prior to the primary or runoff date is a legal holiday then registration shall be closed by the end of business hours the following business day (Sec. 3).
Requires the superintendent to reduce the precinct size of any previous election or runoff election where a precinct contained more than 2,000 electors who had to wait in line longer than 1 hour prior to voting, no later than 60 days prior to the next election (Sec. 5).
Authorizes an increase or decrease in voting booths or enclosures if after a thorough consideration of the type of election, expected turnout, and number of electors, it is determined that a different amount of equipment is needed (Sec. 8).
Prohibits any absentee ballot from being rejected on the grounds that the signature does not appear to be valid if the elector provided a photocopy identification with the absentee ballot (Sec. 11).
Title: Amends Election Laws