Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that requires the local board of elections consider certain factors when determining ballot drop box locations.

Highlights:

• Defines a “ballot drop box” as a secure, durable, and weatherproof container that is officially designated by a local board or the state board exclusively for voters to deposit election-related materials in person (Sec. 1).

• Requires the state and local election boards to take into account the following information when determining the location of a ballot drop box locations, including (Sec. 1):

• Accessibility of early voting centers to historically disenfranchised communities such as:

• Cultural groups;

• Ethnic groups; and

• Minority groups;

• Proximity of early voting centers to dense concentrations of voters;

• Accessibility of early voting centers to public transportation;

• Ensuring equitable distribution of early voting centers throughout the county; and

• Maximizing voter participation through the use of community centers and public gathering places as locations for early voting centers.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the local board of elections consider certain factors when determining ballot drop box locations.

Highlights:

• Defines a “ballot drop box” as a secure, durable, and weatherproof container that is officially designated by a local board or the state board exclusively for voters to deposit election-related materials in person (Sec. 1).

• Requires the state and local election boards to take into account the following information when determining the location of a ballot drop box locations, including (Sec. 1):

• Accessibility of early voting centers to historically disenfranchised communities such as:

• Cultural groups;

• Ethnic groups; and

• Minority groups;

• Proximity of early voting centers to dense concentrations of voters;

• Accessibility of early voting centers to public transportation;

• Ensuring equitable distribution of early voting centers throughout the county; and

• Maximizing voter participation through the use of community centers and public gathering places as locations for early voting centers.

Full Bill Text