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Repeals certain provisions of the election law and adds new section permitting a voter to vote by special ballot at board of elections upon written statement and verification of specific qualifications;repealer
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1317
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to early voting; and to repeal sections 11-300, 11-302, and 11-306 of such law relating thereto
Purpose
Establishes a program of early voting prior to a primary, general, or special election through the use of special ballots.
Summary of provisions
Repeals election law Sections 11-300, Special Ballots on Account of Religious Scruples; Section 11-302, Special Ballots for Board of Elections Employees; and Section 11-306, Special Ballots for Victims of Domestic Violence.
Adds a new section of law, 11-300 regarding special ballots for early voting.
Existing law
Current law allows victims of domestic violence, board of election employees, including poll clerks, and those you have religious objection to cast what are referred to as "special ballots." There is no provision of law however that allows regular voters who do not fit into any of these categories to cast an early ballot.
Justification
Early voting is a progressive concept that has been spreading throughout the country over the last several years in an effort to increase citizen involvement and turnout in elections. This concept differs from absentee voting in that voters may visit an election official's office, or in some states other satellite voting locations and cast a vote in person without offering an excuse for not being able to vote on election day. These locations vary and in some states include grocery stores, shopping malls, schools, and libraries.
Legislative history
2009/10: S.1431/A.6175 2007/08: S.4907
Fiscal implications
De minimus costs will be associated with this legislation since county boards of election are already equipped with the proper tools necessary to cast and canvass these types of ballots.
Local fiscal implications
De Minimus
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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