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Committee approves amendment requiring witness when nursing‑home administrators assist residents marking ballots
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment and passed legislation requiring a witness when a nursing‑home administrator assists a resident in marking a ballot; the committee removed broader assister‑ID provisions after prior feedback.
Sen. Kim Hammer and Chris Madison, director of the State Board of Election Commissioners, presented a bill requiring that when a nursing‑home administrator assists a resident in marking a ballot the act of marking be witnessed, modeled on existing protections for assisted voting.
Madison told the committee that prior concerns about requiring an assister ID were removed after committee feedback; the adopted amendment strikes the assister‑ID language and narrows the statutory requirement to a witness for the marking of the ballot. The amendment also clarified that delivering a ballot does not require the same witnessing step, focusing the witness requirement on the act of marking the ballot.
The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill by voice vote. No roll‑call tally was recorded.
