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General Assembly Proposed House Joint
Resolution No. 41
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1357
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. PALM, 36th Dist.
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT NO -EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That article sixth of the Constitution of the state be amended to allow 1
any qualified elector to cast an absentee ballot without needing to satisfy 2
a specific reason enumerated by law, rather than require such elector to 3
appear at a polling place on the day of an election. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the requirement that an elector satisfy a particular reason
specified by law in order to cast an absentee ballot.