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Bill would form panel to study ballot-law commission findings after volunteers documented hundreds of alleged election irregularities
Summary
Representative J.D. Bernardi introduced HB 448 to create a committee to study violations documented to the Ballot Law Commission after a volunteer audit of a 2022 Senate district election. Supporters called for training, auditing and penalties; Secretary of State David Scanlon urged caution about punitive measures and stressed ongoing training.
House Bill 448 would establish a committee to study violations cited to the Ballot Law Commission after a citizen-led audit of the 2022 Senate District 24 election. Representative J.D. Bernardi told the committee volunteers spent hundreds of hours documenting what they characterized as more than 100 violations across towns in the district and asked that the legislature look at training, auditing and attaching penalties for election-law violations.
Bernardi described concerns…
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