SB1237

THE CONTEXT: Currently, statute outlines that the SOS must consult with each county board of supervisors or other officers in charge of elections before prescribing rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness for early voting and voting and of producing, distributing, collecting, counting, tabulating and storing ballots. The rules must be prescribed in the EPM and issued not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the general election.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would add county recorders and the chairpersons and ranking members of the House of Representatives and Senate committees with jurisdiction over election matters to the list of public officers with whom the SOS must consult before prescribing EPM rules.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to make election administration and accountability rules for election procedures manual more definite. It would add county recorders and the chairpersons and ranking members of the House of Representatives and Senate committees with jurisdiction over election matters to the list of public officers with whom the SOS must consult before prescribing EPM rules, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.