Elections administration; requests made pursuant to the FOIA, deferment of response. (HB15)
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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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Description
Elections administration; requests made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act; deferment of response when request received during certain period of time. Allows local electoral boards and general registrars to defer providing a response to a request received under the Freedom of Information Act on or after the first day of in-person absentee voting for any election and before the tenth day following the local electoral board's certification of such election. The bill requires that notice of the deferment be provided to the requestor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/20/2021 | Committee |
| 12/20/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100306D |
| 12/20/2021 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/12/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB15) |
| 01/21/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/15/2022 | Left in Privileges and Elections |
Comments
What is the purpose of this bill?
To allow the election board to not have an over abundance of work during the absentee voting period. OR
To not allow information to get out which would help political parties and the media foretell the voting statistics such as number of absentee votes, whether early, by mail, etc.