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Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee advances miscellaneous elections bill draft after staff review
Summary
The committee approved draft 1.8 of a miscellaneous elections bill after Legislative Council staff summarized edits removing cross‑nomination provisions and modifying the voter‑checklist audit; the motion passed by recorded voice vote.
The Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee approved draft 1.8 of a miscellaneous elections bill after Legislative Council staff summarized edits and members voted to advance the measure.
Legislative Council staff member Tim Depple told committee members, “Before you, you have draft 1.8 and includes, 2, noticeable updates on removal of the cross nomination sections and the renumbering of the subsequent, sections and then also modification to the audit of voter checklist, sections. Well, which I think is now maybe 18. Yes.”
The revisions described by Depple remove the bill’s cross‑nomination provisions, renumber subsequent sections, and include changes to the audit procedure for the voter checklist; the transcript indicates the voter‑checklist audit may now be numbered as section 18. The committee conducted a voice/roll call and recorded affirmative votes to advance the draft.
The roll call recorded the following votes as “yes”: Representative Boyden; Representative Finstnelt; Representative Morgan; Brandon Jones; Representative Coffin; Representative Stone; Representative Cooper Randolph; Representative Nugent; Representative Warner Simmons; Representative Byron; and Representative Hanger. The transcript did not specify who moved or seconded the motion.
Committee members designated a reporter for the bill and discussed notifying drafting staff for the next steps; the transcript did not record the reporter’s full name or a timeline for further action.
The committee’s action advances draft 1.8 to the committee’s next procedural step; no additional amendments or objections were recorded in the provided transcript.
