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Committee tables ballot‑harvesting ban; members direct drafting of attestation for vulnerable voters
Summary
House Bill 238, a bill to prohibit third‑party delivery of absentee ballots (commonly described as a ban on "ballot harvesting"), was introduced and tabled so committee staff, clerks and the Secretary of State can draft narrowly tailored attestation language to address nursing‑home and incapacitated voters.
Representative Johnson presented House Bill 238, which would prohibit anyone other than the elector or an immediate family member from delivering a voter’s absentee ballot to the county clerk; the bill also specifies that ballots delivered in violation would not be tabulated and creates a felony penalty for knowingly and willfully committing certain election‑related acts.
During the hearing members and the Secretary of State discussed implementation questions, particularly how to define "immediate family" and how to handle voters in nursing…
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