Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions. (HB1401)
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Description
Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. The bill eliminates the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot. Several special provisions concerning military and overseas absentee voters and disabled voters are consolidated in two new provisions. 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 11100086D |
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
Opening up the electoral process to allow more people to vote is always a good thing.
Bearing Drift opposes this bill as the current absentee provisions are more than sufficient to cover the majority of reasons a person must vote absentee.
Absentee voting without legitimate reason lends itself to fraud, as does early voting.
I concur with Mr. O'Donnell. Early voting has not been shown to significantly increase fraud. Having had legitimate reasons to be absent on election day before that did not fit within the absentee provisions currently established, I wholeheartedly support this bill.