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Committee backs bill to limit most local special elections to two dates each year
Summary
HB1510 would restrict most local special elections to the primary or general election dates (with narrow emergency exceptions), aiming to raise turnout and reduce cost; the committee passed the bill 5–2–1 on a roll call after extended debate about local control and bond timing.
A Senate committee advanced HB1510, a special‑election reform bill sponsored in the House by Representative Ray (House District 69) that would generally confine local special elections to two predetermined dates each year — the primary or the general — while preserving narrow emergency exceptions.
Representative Ray said the bill would…
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