Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list repealed. (HB196)
Introduced By
Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Absentee voting; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Repeals the provisions of law by which any registered voter may apply to receive absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote and remains on the list until the voter requests in writing to be removed from the list, the voter's registration is canceled or placed on inactive status pursuant to law, or the voter moves to a different address not in the same county or city of his registration. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2022 | Committee |
| 01/10/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100301D |
| 01/10/2022 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/14/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB196) |
| 01/31/2022 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 02/01/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) |
| 02/04/2022 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/09/2022 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/10/2022 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| 02/10/2022 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/22/2022 | Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
OPPOSE. Reinstitutes the requirement to apply for an absentee ballot each election.
The ONLY people who should be allowed to vote absentee are military members out-of-country. It's really too bad if someone has the flu or a broken leg or is hospitalized on election day but making exceptions leads to fraud, as we have seen. IN PERSON voting, or no voting.