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Committee advances bill to tighten absentee ballot deadlines, give local option on early voting period
Summary
Members approved amendments and re-referred House File 2474 after sponsors said it responds to recent local election problems by limiting absentee application timing and allowing municipalities to choose a compressed in-person window.
House File 2474, carried in committee by Representative Tabke, would change multiple absentee voting procedures and codify practices county elections administrators said they need to reduce administration problems. The committee adopted the author's amendment and re-referred the bill to the general register.
Representative Tabke said the bill responds to problems experienced in Shakopee and offers municipalities an option: continue a full 46-day absentee (envelope) early voting period or use an 18-day in-person period during which voters put ballots directly into tabulators. "It allows municipalities to instead of doing the full 46 days of absentee balloting, it gives cities the option of doing the full 46 days with the envelope balloting in the first part of…
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