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Committee hears bill to limit how far in advance absentee ballots can be requested
Summary
House Bill 288, which would limit non‑UOCAVA absentee ballot requests to six months before an election, received mixed testimony at a Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee hearing.
House Bill 288, which would limit requests for absentee ballots (except for UOCAVA voters) to no more than six months before an election, drew both support and opposition during a public hearing of the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee.
Representative Bob Wherry, prime sponsor and a member of the House Election Law Committee, told the committee that review of requests before the November 2024 general election showed absentee ballots being requested “as early as August of 2023, roughly 15 months prior to the actual election,” and described many thousands of early requests across late 2023 and early 2024. He said the bill would “limit how far in advance an absentee ballot may be requested” and that the…
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