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Committee advances bill to verify permanent absentee voters before mailing ballots; Secretary of State opposes as written
Summary
The committee approved House File 14 96 to require verification checks before mailing absentee ballots to voters on the permanent absentee list; the Secretary of State’s office testified that its existing monthly checks (DVS, SSA, ERIC, death records) already address many of the concerns and said it would not support the bill as drafted.
The committee voted to recommend House File 14 96 to pass and be referred to the General Register after a hearing in which the Secretary of State’s office described existing processes for maintaining voter registration and flagged concerns about the bill as written.
Chair Quam said the bill would require that, before automatically mailing an absentee ballot to a voter on the permanent absentee list, election officials verify the record for deaths, moves or other changes using federal and state data…
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