General Assembly Proposed Senate Joint
Resolution No. 4
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 82
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT NO-EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.
Resolved by this Assembly:
1 That article sixth of the Constitution of the state be amended to allow
2 any qualified elector to cast an absentee ballot without needing to satisfy
3 a specific reason enumerated by law, rather than require such elector to
4 appear at a polling place on the day of an election.
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the requirement that an elector satisfy a particular reason
specified by law in order to cast an absentee ballot.
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