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Sponsor pulls bill to add age‑based absentee ballot category after clerks raise operational questions
Summary
Representative Whitaker withdrew a proposal to automatically allow voters 65 and older to vote absentee for the year, after committee members and county clerks raised concerns about mailing costs, application language and whether per‑election request language would be preferable.
Representative Whitaker presented House Bill 10‑64 to allow voters who will be 65 or older on election day to receive absentee ballots under a specified process. He said constituents had expected that age alone would make them eligible to vote absentee and that many other states provide a similar option.
Committee members raised…
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