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SB 1636: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Rich

Elections; Increasing the amount of time that third-party voter registration organizations are allowed to hold collected voter registration applications before submitting them; deleting a provision that authorizes the Secretary of State to refer matters to the Attorney General for civil action when the secretary reasonably believes that a third-party voter registration violation has occurred; increasing the amount of time that a signature on a ballot initiative petition is valid; permitting an elector to vote in the precinct to which he or she has moved his or her legal residence if the elector completes a certain affirmation; increasing the time allowed for early voting by beginning 15 days before a state or federal election and ending on the second day before the election, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)
  3. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/6/2012 Senate • Filed
1/17/2012 Senate • Referred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules; Budget -SJ 223
• Introduced -SJ 223
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections