Voting Access & Practices

LWVAL Action Priority Level I (Highest) - Monitoring and action of highest priority. Major area for resource expenditures.

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LWVAL has taken a position on these bills:

thumbs_up_icon.jpgHB230 - Elections, computerized statewide voter registration list, residential address of domestic violence victims omitted, Secs. 11-46-36, 11-46-107, 17-4-33, 17-9-15, 17-11-5 am'd.

thumbs_up_icon.jpgHB236/SB288 - Elections, write-in candidates, procedure for counting write-in votes, Sec. 17-6-28 am'd.

thumbs_up_icon.jpgHB 369 - Elections, absentee voting authorized to appy for and vote by absentee ballot, ballot to include primary caretaker of physically incapacitated person and person incarcerated but not yet convicted, emergency absentee voting permitted for caretaker of a person who requires emergency medical treatment and person with personal business emergencies, and to authorize Secretary of State rulemaking authority, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18 am'd

thumbs_up_icon.jpgSB522 - Elections, U. S. President, Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote, compact adopted

thumbs_down_icon.jpgHB56/SB201 - Elections, board of registrars, prohibited time of registering any person as a qualified elector extended from 10 to 17 days prior to election, Sec. 17-3-50 am'd.

thumbs_down_icon.jpgSB525 - Elections, party registration required in primary elections, Secretary of State maintain voters affiliation on voter registration form

LWVAL is monitoring these bills.

HB367, HB463 and SB422 - Elections, absentee voter, identification at time of application required, Secs. 17-10-1, 17-10-2 am'd



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