Committee backs absentee ballot tracking system bill and sends it to full Senate

Mar 24, 2025

The Senate Committee on Government Organization adopted a committee substitute for S.B. 802, which would establish an absent voter ballot tracking system to display the status of early and absent voter ballots to voters, and reported the bill to the full Senate with referral to Judiciary.

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The Senate Committee on Government Organization agreed to the committee substitute for S.B. 802, a bill "Establishing absent voter ballot tracking system to display status of early ballots and absent voter ballots to voters." Committee Counsel Carl Fletcher explained the purpose of the substitute and answered committee questions. With leave of the committee, Fayette County Clerk Michelle Holly and Donald “Deak” Kersey, Chief of Staff, addressed the committee and responded to questions.

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