HB 939

Abstract

Elections administration; certain activities or conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting in person; prohibited possession of firearm within 100 feet of certain locations. Clarifies that the provisions of law prohibiting certain activities or conduct in and around a polling place shall also apply to locations where absentee voting in person is available. The bill also prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from (i) knowingly carrying any firearm and (ii) knowingly doing so within 100 feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by the local electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, the building used to conduct a recount of an election, and other additional locations used for voting-related and elections-related activities. Under current law, this prohibition applies within 40 feet of such entrances.

Elections administration; certain activities or conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting in person; prohibited possession of firearm within 100 feet of certain locations. Clarifies that the provisions of law prohibiting certain activities or conduct in and around a polling place shall also apply to locations where absentee voting in person is available. The bill also prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from knowingly carrying a firearm on or about his person within 100 feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by the local electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, the building used to conduct a recount of an election, and other additional locations used for voting-related and elections-related activities. Under current law, this prohibition applies within 40 feet of such entrances.

Elections administration; possession of firearmwithin 100 feet of locations used for certain voting-related andelections-related activities; penalty. Prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from knowingly possessing a firearm within 100feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by thelocal electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, or thebuilding used to conduct a recount of an election. Under currentlaw, this prohibition applies within 40 feet of such entrances. Thebill extends the prohibition to additional locations used for certain voting-related and elections-related activities, including voter registration sites, voter satellite offices, central absentee voterprecincts, and election certification meeting sites for the StateBoard of Elections.