SB1095

THE CONTEXT: The County Recorder or other officer in charge of elections may begin distributing the early ballots 27 days before the election. The County Recorder is charged with processing early ballot requests in order to provide early ballots and printed instructions to early voters directing the voters to sign the affidavit, mark the ballot and return both in the enclosed envelope (A.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would add that the envelope accompanying the early ballot must state the following: Dropping off an early ballot after the Friday before the election may result in delayed election results as each ballot requires verification.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to make election administration and accountability rules for early ballot envelope more definite. It would add that the envelope accompanying the early ballot must state the following: Dropping off an early ballot after the Friday before the election may result in delayed election results as each ballot requires verification, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.