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Clerks press for preprinted ballot validation to ease huge hand‑stamping workloads
Summary
Senate Bill 242 would let counties use preprinted seals or validation marks on absentee ballots to reduce the time and ergonomic strain of hand-stamping thousands of ballots; clerks said current laws are antiquated and that other ballot-security measures remain in place.
Sen. Wendy McKamey told the committee she brought Senate Bill 242 to address inconsistent and labor-intensive hand-stamping of absentee ballots across counties and to allow preprinted validation marks on ballots.
Clerks and recorders described heavy workloads. Janelle Tucecke, clerk and recorder for Fergus County, said her office handled just under 20,000 absentee…
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