Committee to restore election‑day procedures, remove absentee 'preprocessing' language and limit Secretary of State error authority
The conference committee agreed to delete sections on absentee preprocessing, add clarifying language to proof-of-identity/domcile rules and strike a proposed provision giving broad authority to the Secretary of State to process errors, though some members opposed the bill overall citing voter access concerns.
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A legislative committee of conference agreed on Thursday to remove ‘preprocessing’ provisions from a house-amended absentee voting bill, to add the word “applicable” in two locations to clarify proof-of-identity and domicile requirements, and to delete language that would have given the Secretary of State broad authority to process errors identified during absentee procedures.
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