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Clerk briefed board on state election bills, federal orders and equipment rules
Summary
Monroe County election officials summarized several recently passed or pending state bills affecting election timing, voter ID and equipment requirements, and noted a federal executive order is under litigation.
At its May meeting, the Monroe County Clerk provided a legislative update on state and federal actions that could affect local election administration, including changes to certification dates, identification rules, equipment requirements and federal litigation over a presidential executive order.
“We are incredibly grateful to the secretary for including our ask in that bill,” Bert Brown, Monroe County Clerk, said of House Bill 1679, which the clerk said moves the date for presidential certification to Sept. 1 from Sept. 20 and shortens the window for preparing ballots for absentee, overseas and military voters. The clerk described that change as creating “a very, very narrow window” to get ballots ready.
Why it matters: the bills the clerk summarized would affect the…
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