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Committee approves bill to bar prefilled voter‑registration applications; amendment narrows scope
Summary
Senators approved legislation to prohibit delivery of prefilled voter‑registration applications to applicants, after members asked that the change be narrowed to focus on prefilled party affiliation. The sponsor said recent examples prompted the measure; clerk and county associations supported clarifying rules on assistance versus pre‑filling.
The committee voted to pass Senate Bill 272, a measure that would prohibit delivery of voter registration applications to applicants that contain prefilled information. Senator Kroll, sponsor of SB 272, told the committee the bill responds to examples where canvassers or others handed out stacks of forms with party or county fields already checked.
During discussion members pressed for a targeted fix. Several…
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