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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)

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  • 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

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  • SB 1636, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2012 at 2:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1189 Elections Pafford, Thurston Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)
    H 1079 Early Voting Gibbons Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)
    S 516 Early Voting Rich Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
    Location: In committee/council (EE)

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    97.0575 Third-party voter registrations. Page 1 (pdf)
    100.371 Initiatives; procedure for placement on ballot. Page 3 (pdf)
    101.045 Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions for change of residence or name. Page 4 (pdf)
    101.657 Early voting. Page 7 (pdf)

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