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Committee approves bill to record party preference on voter registration; debate centers on local option
House State Administration
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Summary
Senate Bill 129, which would let registrants optionally record party preference on voter-registration forms, passed on a 12–7 roll-call after members argued about maintaining local choices for partisan or nonpartisan local races.
The House State Administration committee voted to concur in Senate Bill 129, a bill that would add an optional party-preference field to voter registration forms. The measure passed on a roll-call vote, 12–7.
Vice Chair McQuartem said he opposed the bill…
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