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Conflicts with HB 383
Secretary
of State (SOS)
Attorney
General’s Office (AG)
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SUMMARY
Synopsis
of HJC Amendment
Synopsis
of Original Bill
HB 702 amends the Election Code and enacts a new
section relating to federal qualified electors and overseas voters. HB 702 enacts a new section of the Election
Code specifying the procedures for a special write-in federal or state absentee
ballot for federal qualified electors and overseas voters who are unable to
vote during the normal absentee voting period.
Significant Issues
HB
702 amends the Election Code to:
§
set
forth specific provisions relating to the late voter registration of federal
qualified electors and overseas voters and allows such persons to register by
electronic transmission;
§
add
“state” write-in absentee ballots to the current provision permitting “federal”
write-in absentee ballots;
§
set
forth specific provisions allowing federal qualified electors and overseas
voters to vote absentee and transmit absentee ballots to the county clerk by
electronic transmission;
§
permit
absentee ballots to be electronically transmitted to persons upon request;
§
require
absentee ballots to be printed at least 45, rather than the current 40, days
before a primary election; and
§
add
“overseas voters” to provisions describing the manner of voting absentee.
CONFLICT
House Bill 702 conflicts with House Bill 383 which amends
several sections of the Election Code to bring
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Section
3, subsection C, page 5 fails to include a reference to a “state” write-in
absentee ballot while subsections A and B do so. For consistency, consider inserting “or
state” on line 4 after “federal.”
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The Secretary of State
indicates that this bill will result in state compliance with recommendations
of the Federal Voting Assistance Program at the Pentagon.
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