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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Komadina

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/22/07

HB

SHORT TITLE Eliminating the Straight Party Ticket

SB 52

ANALYST Leger

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 52 inserts a new section of the Election Code which states ballots shall not provide

the option to vote a straight party ticket with one mark or selection.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

None

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Senate Bill 52 would remove the option of a single mark on a ballot to vote a straight political

party ticket. To vote a straight political party ticket, the voter must cast a vote for the party’s

candidate in each contest where the party has a candidate.

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