Bill > S2756

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Under current law, a registered voter can choose to vote by mail-in ballot in all future general elections, until the voter notifies the county clerk that the voter no longer wishes to do so or unless the voter fails to vote in the fourth general election following the general election in which the voter last voted. Current law also gives the registered voter who applies for a mail-in ballot the option to receive a mail-in ballot for each election occurring in the remainder of that calendar year. This bill eliminates the latter option and provides instead that a registered voter can choose to vote by mail-in ballot in all future general elections or in all future elections. If a voter who has requested a mail-in ballot for all general elections or for all future elections does not vote in the fourth general election following the general election at which the voter last voted, the county clerk will send a notice to that voter to ascertain whether he or she continues to reside at the address from which that voter is registered to vote. If the notice is not completed and returned before the 40th day prior to the next general election, a mail-in ballot will not be sent to the voter for that or any other future election. The ability of such a voter to receive a mail-in ballot for all future general elections or for all future elections would be suspended until the voter submits a new application for such a ballot that indicates that the voter wishes to receive a mail-in ballot for all future general elections or for all future elections.

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Wayne DeAngelo (D)*,  Lou Greenwald (D)*,  Raymond Lesniak (D)*,  Jim Beach (D),  Linda Greenstein (D),  Connie Wagner (D), 

Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate (on 06/23/2011)

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