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Panel advances bill to reserve preferential voting access for specified voters during early and election-day voting; age threshold lowered by amendment
Summary
House Bill 324 would create prioritized access during early and regular voting for specified groups — including voters with certain disabilities, pregnant voters, caregivers of young or special-needs children, and elderly voters — and the subcommittee approved the measure after an amendment lowered the elderly threshold from 75 to 70.
The Elections Subcommittee advanced House Bill 324, a measure that would establish prioritized access during advance voting and on election day for specified groups, including individuals who are blind or deaf, amputees, pregnant people, voters accompanied by children age 5 or younger, voters accompanied by children with special needs regardless of the child’s age, and voters age 70 and older (amendment adopted lowered the age from 75 to 70).
Representative Ray Martinez, who presented the committee substitute version, said the measure clarifies…
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