SB 516 (2012) -  Early Voting

by Rich (CO-SPONSORS) Sachs
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: 07/01/2012
Last Event: 03/09/12 S Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
  • Rules

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 46 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 46 Time: 11/02/2011 - 2:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/12/2011 - 9:46 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
101.657 HB 1079, HB 1189, SB 1636