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| 14 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING RE VIEW OF ELECTION LAWS. |
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| 15 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 16 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 18 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) There is established 1 |
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| 19 | 25 | | an Election Law Review Commission for the purpose of reviewing the 2 |
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| 20 | 26 | | state's election laws, including, but not limited to, laws regarding (1) 3 |
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| 21 | 27 | | the timing of primaries to be held for the nomination of candidates for 4 |
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| 22 | 28 | | election, (2) the election of certain constitutional officers, and (3) the 5 |
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| 23 | 29 | | regulation of political campaigns. The commission shall consist of the 6 |
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| 24 | | - | cochairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General 7 |
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| 25 | | - | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections, the 8 |
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| 26 | | - | ranking members of said joint standing committee and any other 9 |
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| 27 | | - | members of the commission appointed by such cochairpersons in 10 |
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| 28 | | - | consultation with such ranking members. The terms of all members of 11 |
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| 29 | | - | the commission shall end with the termination of each member's term 12 |
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| 30 | | - | or holding of such office or leadership position, as applicable, 13 |
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| 31 | | - | whichever occurs first. A majority of the membership shall constitute a 14 |
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| 32 | | - | quorum and all actions of the commission shall require the affirmative 15 |
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| 33 | | - | vote of a majority of the full commission membership. The Election 16 |
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| 34 | | - | Law Review Commission shall meet as often as may be necessary to 17 |
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| 35 | | - | perform its duties. 18 |
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| 36 | | - | (b) On or before February 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 19 |
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| 37 | | - | Election Law Review Commission shall submit a report to the joint 20 Substitute Bill No. 641 |
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| 30 | + | president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of 7 |
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| 31 | + | Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate, the minority leader 8 |
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| 32 | + | of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the State or the 9 |
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| 33 | + | Secretary's designee. The terms of all members of the commission shall 10 |
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| 34 | + | end with the termination of each member's term or holding of such 11 |
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| 35 | + | office or leadership position, as applicable, whichever occurs first. The 12 |
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| 36 | + | president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of 13 |
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| 37 | + | Representatives shall be cochairpersons of the commission. A majority 14 |
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| 38 | + | of the membership shall constitute a quorum and all actions of the 15 |
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| 39 | + | commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the full 16 |
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| 40 | + | Committee Bill No. 641 |
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| 53 | | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: |
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| 54 | | - | In Subsec. (a), "of the commission" was inserted after "any other |
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| 55 | | - | members" for clarity and "full committee membership" was changed to |
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| 56 | | - | "full commission membership" for accuracy. |
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| 58 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 59 | + | To establish a commission, consisting of the legislative leaders from |
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| 60 | + | each of the four caucuses and the Secretary of the State, or a designee |
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| 61 | + | thereof, for the purpose of reviewing certain election laws and making |
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| 62 | + | recommendations for legislative changes. |
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| 63 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 64 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 65 | + | not underlined.] |
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