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Committee adopts substitute to shorten voter-roll purge timeline by two years
Summary
The committee accepted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 487, reducing the state inactivity threshold used to begin the federal removal process from four years of no voting activity to two years; the change reduces the total federal process from eight years to six years for voters with no activity.
The Senate Government Organization Committee accepted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 487, a bill requested by the Secretary of State's office that shortens the state inactivity threshold for voter-roll purges. Under current state law, a voter who has not voted or otherwise contacted state officials for four years becomes eligible to begin the federal process that can ultimately lead to cancellation; the substitute would reduce that threshold to two years. Committee members voted to adopt the substitute by voice and the committee substitute will be reported.
Deke Kerji, chief of staff for the Secretary of State, described how the current process works and how the change would affect the…
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