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Committee weighs bill to stop petition signatures from reactivating inactive voters
Summary
Sponsor and election officials told the committee House Bill 179 would prohibit petition signatures from changing an elector’s inactive status to active; tribal representatives and some advocates opposed, saying removing reactivation routes could reduce turnout in rural and Indian Country communities.
Representative Braxton Mitchell, sponsor of House Bill 179, told the House State Administration Committee that the bill would prevent an inactive elector from being moved to the active voter list solely by signing a petition. “This clarifies, again, to regain your active status as a voter, you must fulfill specific things like voting, submitting a formal reactivation form, or provide updated residence information to your local county election administrator,” Mitchell said in his opening.
Nut graf: Backers, including the secretary of state’s office and local county elections administrators, described the bill as a cleanup measure to codify current practice and reduce administrative burden;…
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