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Committee clears bill requiring signature-affirmation statement on absentee ballot envelopes
Summary
S.B. 5183, which would add a signature-affirmation statement to absentee and special-presidential ballot envelopes, was reported from committee after unanimous voice vote.
The Senate Elections Committee on Feb. 25, 2025, reported Senate Bill 5183, an act to amend the election law to include a signature-affirmation statement on the envelopes of absentee ballots and special presidential-voter ballots.
The sponsor introduced the bill and there was no recorded substantive debate. Senator Myers moved the motion and Senator Kavanaugh seconded; the committee recorded a voice vote in favor with no opposition noted in the transcript. The committee reported the bill from committee for further consideration.
The hearing transcript does not record the exact wording of the required affirmation, any enforcement mechanism, or whether the change would affect ballot-processing procedures. Those implementation details were not specified and would be addressed in later stages.
