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House clarifies state assistance to municipalities that adopt noncitizen voting; bill passes
Summary
Floor exchange clarified that the state Board of Elections may provide assistance to municipalities only if they certify adherence to state election laws; municipalities may lease state voting equipment at cost and hold their own elections if they adopt different voting rules. The House passed the bill on third reading.
House Bill 322, an elections administration measure that authorizes the State Board of Elections to enter into memoranda of understanding with localities to assist with municipal elections, prompted questions on the floor about whether the state could assist municipalities that permit noncitizen voting.
Clarification from floor leader
A delegate asked whether the state could assist a municipality that opened its municipal elections to…
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