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HB 46 Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.

Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Elections; voter identification containing a photograph required; availability of absentee voting in person; processing returned absentee ballots; permanent absentee voter list repealed. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. A voter who does not show an accepted form of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill limits the period that absentee voting in person is available to the twenty-one days prior to an election and allows localities to offer extended hours for absentee voting in person. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows an absentee ballot that is returned after the close of polls to be counted if it is postmarked by election day and arrives by the Friday after the election. The bill makes changes to the pre-processing of absentee ballots and repeals the permanent absentee voter list.


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