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Committee replaces and advances election‑law cleanup bill adding signature audits, USPS coordination
Summary
The Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee unanimously approved a motion to replace Senate Bill 164 with a first substitute and favorably recommended the substitute, advancing changes intended to strengthen signature verification, chain of custody and postmark coordination.
The Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee unanimously approved a motion to delete the title and body of Senate Bill 164 and replace it with the first substitute, then favorably recommended the substitute.
Senator Harper, the bill sponsor, said the measure responds to a legislative audit and “is a very good cleanup bill that I think will address and addresses some of the questions and challenges we had in the last election.” The substitute adds provisions on signature removal, custodial tracking, and other chain‑of‑custody requirements the sponsor said were not in the original bill.
Key provisions described during the hearing…
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