This bill mandates that town and city clerks make absentee ballot voter lists available for public inspection, with specific exceptions for voters who have valid protective orders. The lists will not be accessible until 60 days after the election for which the absentee ballot was requested, unless a court order allows for earlier access. Additionally, the bill stipulates that clerks must maintain records of absentee ballot requests and returns, ensuring that these records are organized by voting places.

Furthermore, the bill requires the Secretary of State to compile a report using data from the statewide centralized voter registration database regarding absentee ballot requests received by mail (excluding UOCAVA requests). This report will include statistics on the number of requests by voting district, instances where ballots were sent to addresses different from those on the checklist, cases where more than three ballots were sent to a common address, and details about the 20 most common addresses for ballot mailings. The act will take effect 60 days after its passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 657:15