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Subcommittee backs extending absentee ballot receipt deadline to 5 p.m. third day after election
Summary
Senate Bill 760, which would change the deadline for local election offices to receive absentee ballots to 5 p.m. on the third day after an election (from noon), was reported out of the subcommittee on a 5-3 vote amid testimony about postal delays and concerns about delayed results.
Senate Bill 760, sponsored by Senator Favola, would move the deadline for receiving absentee ballots from noon on the Friday after an election to 5 p.m. on that same day (the third day after the election). The subcommittee reported the bill to the next stage on a 5-3 vote.
Favola said the change “moves that noontime to 5PM” to accommodate slower mail delivery and cited a U.S. Postal Service statistic that the average piece of mail…
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