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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1800
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE PENNYCUICK
Printer's No. 2125
Amend Bill, page 26, by inserting between lines 27 and 28
(z.7) As follows:
(i) To pre-canvass or canvass all mail-in and absentee
ballots received prior to election day by no later than nine o'
clock P. M. on election day.
(ii) To canvass all mail-in and absentee ballots received on
election day and prior to eight o'clock P. M. by no later than
two o'clock A. M. on the day following the election.
(iii) To compute all returns from each precinct, with the
exception of provisional ballots, and all canvassed mail-in or
absentee ballots, with the exception of ballots set aside for a
determination of compliance with this act, by no later than six
o'clock A. M. on the day following the election.
(iv) A county may receive no reimbursements under this act
for an election in which the deadlines under this subsection
are not met.
(v) Ballots returned by qualified absentee military or
overseas electors shall not be subject to the deadlines in this
subsection.
Amend Bill, page 128, line 3, by inserting after "date."
If, upon inspection and review of a ballot being returned,
either inspector of election believes the ballot or its method
of return to be in violation of any provision of this act, the
ballot shall be secured separately from all other ballots at the
ballot return location, and the inspectors of election shall
record the date, time, identity of the elector and a record of
each ballot being returned in potential violation of this act.
The county board of elections shall determine whether the
ballots are in violation of any provision of this act and, only
if the county board of elections is satisfied that a ballot is
not in violation, shall direct the ballot to be pre-canvassed or
canvassed.
Amend Bill, page 143, line 3, by inserting after "date."
If, upon inspection and review of a ballot being
returned, either inspector of election believes the
ballot or its method of return to be in violation of
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any provision of this act, the ballot shall be
secured separately from all other ballots at the
ballot return location, and the inspectors of
election shall record the date, time, identity of the
elector and a record of each ballot being returned in
potential violation of this act. The county board of
elections shall determine whether the ballots are in
violation of any provision of this act and, only if
the county board of elections is satisfied that a
ballot is not in violation, shall direct the ballot
to be pre-canvassed or canvassed.
Amend Bill, page 182, line 7, by striking out "Rule" and
inserting
rule
Amend Bill, page 182, lines 8 through 21, by striking out all
of lines 8 through 20 and "(2) " in line 21
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