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Committee advances emergency Voting Rights Act to protect municipal and county elections
Summary
The committee approved Senate Bill 255, an emergency Voting Rights Act for counties and municipalities that bars actions impairing the ability of protected‑class voters to elect candidates of their choice; the bill permits the attorney general or private plaintiffs to sue and authorizes courts to order remedies. The committee added Senator Harris as a cosponsor and reported the bill favorably, 7–2.
The Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee advanced Senate Bill 255 on Friday, an emergency measure described by staff as a municipal and county Voting Rights Act designed to prohibit actions that impair members of protected classes from electing candidates of their choice.
According to committee staff, the bill bars impairment of the electoral…
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