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Committee Adopts Amendment and Votes Unanimously to Advance Technical Fix Replacing "votes" with "ballots" in Recount Laws
Summary
Deputy Secretary of State Erin Hennessy told the committee SB 212 aligns statutory language with the secretary of state's usage by changing references from 'votes' to 'ballots cast' in recount- and selection-related statutes. The committee adopted a clarifying amendment and voted 15-0 to report the bill ought to pass as amended.
The committee advanced Senate Bill 212, a technical fix that replaces ambiguous references to "votes" with the clearer term "ballots cast" in several election statutes, after adopting a clarifying amendment and recording a unanimous committee vote.
Senator David Rochefort introduced the bill on behalf of the secretary of state's…
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