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Panel amends, advances bill allowing municipalities to include or exclude Saturday early voting; committee changes opt-in language to opt-out
Summary
House Bill 397 would give municipalities discretion over Saturday early voting for municipal elections; the subcommittee amended the bill to make Saturdays the default unless a municipality provides otherwise, then reported it favorably to full committee.
The Elections Subcommittee considered House Bill 397, a bill that would change how Saturday early voting is handled for municipal elections. Presenters and committee members debated whether the measure would simply relieve small municipalities of an unfunded mandate or whether it would reduce voter access for people who rely on weekend voting.
Representative Tim Fleming presented the substitute and described the bill as an option for municipalities: rather than mandating two Saturdays of early voting for every municipal election, the draft would…
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