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History
- Referred to elections
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to election law
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.34
- Referred to elections
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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to affidavit ballots
Purpose
Provides for a dual affidavit ballot/registration form.
Summary of provisions
Allows a person casting an affidavit ballot to register to vote if the board of elections determines that such person is not registered.
Justification
Affidavit ballots are cast by voters who present themselves at a polling place to vote on election day, but whose names are not found in the poll books provided at the polling place. The affidavit voters state that they believed they are a duly registered voter, however, for some reason that the poll card has not reached the polling place on election day. Once the affidavit ballot is cast, the board of elections checks their records to determine if the voter is registered and whether the affidavit ballot should be counted. If the person is not duly registered, the affidavit ballot is not counted. This bill would allow that in those cases where the affidavit voter is determined not to have been registered, the voter will be registered by the board of elections pursuant to the information provided on the affidavit ballot form.
Fiscal impact
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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