Absentee voting procedures; deletes certain requirements. (SB683)

Introduced By

George Barker (D-Alexandria)
Served: 2008–

Progress

☑	Introduced
☒	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☑	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Elections; absentee voting procedures. Deletes the requirement that domestic absentee voters must provide detailed information (i.e., full name and full address) in their sworn statement on the envelope in which they return their marked absentee ballot and thereby provides that the requirements for domestic voters will be the same as for military and overseas voters. This detailed information has already been provided in the application for the absentee ballot. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

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Identical Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1262

Patron: Scott Surovell
Introduced: 2010-01-19
Status: Failed to Pass in Committee

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