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Bill would remove requirement to post absentee-voter list at polling places; clerks say information remains accessible
Summary
Rep. Julie Darling's HB 167 would eliminate the statutory requirement to post absentee-voter lists at polling places. County elections staff supported the bill, saying the lists are seldom used and the register and poll book still provide absentee status on request.
Representative Julie Darling sponsored House Bill 167 to eliminate the requirement that counties post absentee-voter lists at every polling location. Darling told the committee the list is rarely consulted by voters in the age of online lists and widespread absentee voting.
"It goes through reams and reams and reams of paper and nobody looks at it," Darling said, urging the committee to remove the…
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