Bill No.:         SF0025                                               Drafter: LGC

LSO No.:       14LSO-0066                                     Effective Date: Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0046

Chapter No.:                        CH0108

Prime Sponsor:       Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:              Election code-revisions.

Subject:                     General revisions to the election code.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This bill makes general revisions to the election code, including the following provisions:

· Repealing provisions related to ballot labels;

· Amending requirements for forms;

· Providing for notification of voter registration information updates and purges;

· Providing for secretary of state directives;

· Removing provisions for segregated temporary registration lists and removing requirement that the secretary of state certify that local registration systems are operational;

· Providing that registration through the federal postcard application is valid for one election cycle;

· Amending certification of names of party nominees;

· Providing conforming amendment for registration period statutes by decreasing deadline for changing party affiliation;

· Amending order of offices listed on ballots; amending requirements for petitions;

· Amending requirements for absentee ballots and for delivery and posting of diagrams of voting devices and sample ballots and providing for use of absentee ballots at special elections;

· Removing secretary of state from process for special mail ballot elections;

· Providing for independent candidate review of voting machines and amending privacy requirements for voting booths;

· Amending tabulation and certification of elections to include circuit court judges and special district board members.