This bill amends provisions relating to elections.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- changes the voter registration deadline to 21 days before the day of an election for all methods of voter registration;
- establishes a deadline for a voter:
who will not otherwise receive a ballot by mail in the upcoming election to request to receive a ballot by mail; orwho will receive a ballot by mail in the upcoming election to change the address to which the ballot will be mailed;
- modifies provisions relating to information an election officer is required to report in relation to ballot processing;
- provides deadlines for tabulating ballots and publishing tabulation results;
- requires an election officer to post unofficial election results on the Monday after the day of the election;
- requires a ballot drop box to remain open until the polls close on election day;
- requires the lieutenant governor to award a contract, via a request for proposals, to designate a voting system, including equipment and software, that will be used throughout the state;
- requires that, as election officers replace voting equipment and software, the election officers replace the voting equipment and software with voting equipment and software that is part of the election system designated under the preceding paragraph; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-1-603, 20A-2-101.1, 20A-2-102, 20A-2-102.5, 20A-2-201, 20A-2-202, 20A-2-204, 20A-2-205, 20A-2-206, 20A-2-301, 20A-2-307, 20A-2-506, 20A-4-104, 20A-4-107, 20A-4-109, 20A-5-403.5, 20A-5-801, 20A-5-802, 20A-5-803, 20A-6-105
Substitute #1: 20A-1-603, 20A-2-101.1, 20A-2-102.5, 20A-2-201, 20A-2-202, 20A-2-204, 20A-2-205, 20A-2-206, 20A-2-301, 20A-4-104, 20A-4-107, 20A-4-109, 20A-5-403.5, 20A-5-801, 20A-5-802, 20A-5-803
Substitute #2: 20A-1-603, 20A-2-101.1, 20A-2-102.5, 20A-2-201, 20A-2-202, 20A-2-204, 20A-2-205, 20A-2-206, 20A-2-301, 20A-4-104, 20A-4-107, 20A-4-109, 20A-5-403.5, 20A-5-801, 20A-5-802, 20A-5-803