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SB 516: Early Voting

GENERAL BILL by Rich ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sachs

Early Voting; Expanding the list of available sites at which early voting may be held to include specified facilities or any other location designated by a supervisor of elections as meeting the requirements of state law; deleting a requirement that an early voting site be designated and used as such for at least 1 year before an election; requiring that each county operate a certain total number of voting sites; revising the beginning and ending dates of early voting; revising the hours of early voting to 12 hours per weekday and 12 hours in the aggregate each weekend at each site during the applicable periods; deleting provisions that authorize the supervisor of elections to provide early voting for certain elections and to determine the hours of operation of early voting sites in those elections, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/12/2011 Senate • Filed
    11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 46
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 46
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections

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  • SB 516, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/12/2011 at 9:46 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1079 Early Voting Gibbons Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)     		Track This Bill
    H 1189 Elections Pafford, Thurston Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)     		Track This Bill
    S 1636 Elections Rich Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
    Location: In committee/council (EE)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.657 Early voting. Page 1 (pdf)

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