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Rep. Alfieri introduces bill to narrow absentee ballot eligibility, adds age-based provision
Summary
Representative Joe Alfieri introduced RS 32,124 to limit absentee ballot eligibility to specific circumstances and to add a provision allowing anyone 65 or older to request an absentee ballot; the committee voted to introduce the measure for print.
Representative Joe Alfieri introduced RS 32,124 on the committee floor, a proposed change to state law that would narrow the reasons an elector may request an absentee ballot and add an explicit age qualification allowing anyone 65 or older to request one. The House committee voted to introduce the proposal for print.
Supporters framed the measure as an election-security step. "There is 1 change to what we've done this year and that is to put in an age qualification as well and that is that anyone over 65 can also apply for an absentee ballot with no issue," Representative Joe Alfieri said. He told the committee that mail ballots can weaken the "chain of…
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