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Idaho representative introduces bill to narrow absentee ballot eligibility, adds automatic qualification for voters 65 and older
Summary
Representative Joe Alfieri introduced RS 32,124 to limit reasons voters may request absentee ballots and to add an automatic absentee qualification for voters aged 65 and older; the committee voted to introduce the measure for print.
Representative Joe Alfieri of Coeur d'Alene introduced RS 32,124, a proposal to change the method of distribution and the qualifications for absentee ballots in Idaho and to add an automatic absentee qualification for voters aged 65 and older.
Alfieri told the committee that the bill narrows the list of acceptable reasons to request an absentee ballot — citing military service, diplomatic missions, being out of state for work or school, infirmity, or living in a jurisdiction that uses only absentee ballots — and adds an age-based qualification. “By using the mail, we lose that security,” Alfieri said. “When you go to vote in person you are…
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