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Bill would shift mail-ballot plans from Secretary of State filings to local posting to reduce review burden
Summary
House Bill 527 would require local election administrators to post mail-ballot plans on local websites rather than filing them with the Secretary of State; proponents told the committee that central filing creates heavy workload for SOS staff and often introduces simple errors such as wrong dates.
Representative Morgan Teal opened House Bill 527, saying the bill requires local election administrators to post mail-ballot plans on their own websites in lieu of filing them with the Secretary of State. "Some years, the secretary receives around 500 plans and filing with the secretary is unnecessary," Teal said, arguing that the public is better served by local posting.
Austin James, testifying on behalf of the Secretary…
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