SB 449

Bill Subjects

Initiative Petitions Elections Recall Of Public Officers Referendum Petitions

Abstract

AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying certain provisions relating to certified lists of candidates for office; revising the date by which a political subdivision is prohibited from making certain changes to the boundaries of an election district during an election year; revising outdated references to the Federal Elections Commission; setting forth certain provisions to determine the winner of a tie vote in certain primary elections; establishing certain protections for private property owners who rent private property for use as a polling place; revising certain provisions relating to indicating an affiliation or nonaffiliation with a political party on applications to register to vote; requiring county clerks and city clerks to publish notice of the deadlines to register to vote by mail, in person and by computer; revising certain provisions relating to prohibiting a person from voting more than once in the same election; requiring a committee for the recall of a public officer to report certain contributions and expenditures; requiring the Secretary of State to assign a title to a petition for initiative or referendum; revising requirements relating to persons who may sign a notice of intent to circulate a petition to recall a public officer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.