A bill for an act relating to the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot.
Impact
The implementation of HF65 would specifically impact current practices for same-day voter registration. Under existing law, eligible voters could cast their regular ballots if their registration could be verified instantaneously via electronic means at the polling location. With the new requirement for provisional ballots, the bill seeks to ensure that all registrations are adequately verified prior to counting votes, which may change the experience for voters who are utilizing same-day registration, leading to potential delays in vote counting.
Summary
House File 65 (HF65) is a legislative proposal aimed at modifying the process by which individuals register to vote on election day or when casting in-person absentee ballots. The bill stipulates that any person registering in this manner will be required to cast a provisional ballot instead of a regular ballot. The measure emphasizes the need for verification of the voter's eligibility through a database maintained by the state commissioner that checks for felony convictions and the restoration of voting rights.
Contention
There are likely to be points of contention surrounding HF65, particularly among advocates for voting accessibility and those supporting stricter voting regulations. Supporters of the bill may argue that it introduces necessary measures to prevent fraudulent voting by ensuring thorough verification of voter eligibility. Conversely, opponents might express concerns that the bill could disproportionately affect certain groups, especially marginalized populations who may face obstacles in producing the documentation needed to verify their voting rights on election day.
A bill for an act relating to the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot.
A bill for an act relating to the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot.
A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including the casting of provisional ballots by persons registering to vote on election day or when casting an in-person absentee ballot, and the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems.
Elections and Primaries; electors to cast physical absentee on-request ballots as an alternative to using other authorized means of casting in-person votes; authorize
Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots.
A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including the recounting of ballots, the mailing of absentee ballots, and in-person absentee voting.
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in county boards of elections, further providing for powers and duties of county boards; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges and for ballots to be issued by election officers only, ballots not to be removed and official ballots only to be deposited or counted; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for applications for official absentee ballots, for date of application for absentee ballot, for official absentee voters ballots, for voting by absentee electors and for canvassing of official absentee absentee ballots and mail-in ballots; in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further providing for applications for official mail-in ballots, for official mail-in elector ballots and for voting by mail-in electors.