Absentee voting; unlawful to notify a voter that his ballot rejected until polls have closed. (HB1066)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Absentee voting; double voting. Makes it unlawful to notify a voter that his absentee ballot has been rejected until the polls have closed on the election day and prohibits the counting of any provisional ballot cast by a voter at a precinct if an absentee ballot cast by him in the same election has been rejected at the central absentee voter precinct. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2012 | Committee |
01/11/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101748D |
01/11/2012 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/17/2012 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee |
01/31/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1066) |
02/14/2012 | Left in Privileges and Elections |
Comments
What does this do for the active duty military voters. they don't know that their ballot is rejected until after the polls close. They then lose their vote.