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Committee considers electronic ballot return for voters with disabilities
Summary
Representative Julie Darling asked the committee to allow electronic return of absentee ballots for voters with disabilities, arguing the change would extend privacy and independence for voters who currently must print, sign and mail paper ballots.
Representative Julie Darling opened the hearing on House Bill 488, describing the bill as a narrow change to expand an existing electronic ballot request system so that eligible voters with disabilities can electronically return completed absentee ballots without needing to print, sign and mail a paper envelope.
“Currently disabled voters can request a ballot electronically, but in order to return it, they have to print and sign it,” Representative Julie Darling said, describing the privacy and mobility barriers that can prevent some Montanans from voting independently.
Advocates and disability organizations provided several firsthand accounts. Jacob Krysovich of the…
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