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House approves tighter standards, new penalties for mass voter-registration challenges
Summary
After extended debate and a string of amendment votes, the House approved Engrossed Substitute House Bill 19 16 to tighten standards for voter-registration challenges, require individualized affidavits and change penalties for frivolous or false challenges. The final roll call was 58–38 with 2 excused.
The House on final passage approved Engrossed Substitute House Bill 19 16, a measure supporters said would bring clarity and accountability to the state’s voter-registration challenge process and opponents warned could raise barriers to lawful citizen challenges.
Representative D'Oleo, the primary floor advocate, said the bill responds to a surge of mass registration challenges based on “flawed data, conspiracy theories, and unreliable technology” and would empower election officials to dismiss meritless claims while imposing accountability for frivolous or false submissions. "The vast majority of these challenges are rejected, but not before they overwhelm election administrators,…
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