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Committee refers special-election timing bill to Ways and Means
Summary
House File 2596, a Secretary of State technical change updating the deadline conforming to an 84-day requirement for county boards to call special county elections, was referred to the Ways and Means Committee after a short presentation.
Chair Quam moved House File 25 96, a technical change by the Secretary of State's office to update the statutory deadline language so it uniformly reflects the required 84-day notice for county boards calling special county election questions.
The bill was presented as part of the Secretary of State’s package of technical election-law updates. Committee members had no substantive questions and the committee voice-voted to refer the measure to the Ways and Means Committee.
Proponents said the change updates statutory cross-references to existing timing rules and was intended to reduce confusion for county election officials and clerks.
