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Committee advances ordinance to bar city-funded travel and contracts with states that enact voter-restriction laws

Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors · October 4, 2021
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The committee voted to send to the full Board an ordinance amending Chapter 12X of the Administrative Code to prohibit city-funded travel and contracting in states that have enacted laws restricting voting access; sponsor President Walton said the change would add states such as Arizona and Wyoming to the city's covered-state list.

The Rules Committee voted Oct. 4 to forward an ordinance to the full Board that would expand Chapter 12X of San Francisco's Administrative Code to bar city-funded travel and contracting in states that enact laws restricting voter access.

Sponsor President Walton said the change would add states that enacted significant voting restrictions following the 2020 presidential election and cited examples including Arizona's SB1485 (which alters a permanent early voting list) and Wyoming's HB75 (which institutes a…

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