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House passes bill to align provisional-ballot rules with federal Help America Vote Act
Summary
Senate Bill 55, intended to bring Utah law into compliance with the Help America Vote Act by clarifying provisional-ballot procedures and adding a detachable verification stub, passed the House 66–0 after floor debate and clarifying questions about verification and counting procedures.
Representative Pace, the sponsor, said Senate Bill 55 implements provisions of the federal Help America Vote Act so that "no one is going to be turned away at the polls." The sponsor described provisions that allow voters whose names are not on the registration list or whose eligibility is challenged to cast provisional ballots; county clerks may later verify ID and residency and count the provisional ballot if the…
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