Elections; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason. (HB1402)
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Description
Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing an excuse or reason for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot for those persons who vote absentee by mail. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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08/03/2010 | Committee |
08/03/2010 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100090D |
08/03/2010 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/13/2011 | Assigned P & E sub: #2 Elections |
01/18/2011 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/08/2011 | Left in Privileges and Elections |
Comments
voters should be able to vote when and where they choose and not subject to waiting in long lines in all sorts of weather
But this will allow working people who can't get to the polls a chance to vote. That's threatening to some pols.
Bearing Drift opposes this bill as it's just stupid. Vote absentee in person? Huh? Show up and vote on Election Day or vote by mail. It's just that simple!
What this will allow is people being coerced to vote in a particular manner with the intimidation going undetected.
People can already vote absentee for a great many reasons. I'm not aware of any evidence that this has resulted in any such thing. Are you?
Whatever we can do to expand the capacity to vote is positive for the principles of democracy.