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Committee debates conditional repeal language for signature verification and advance voting
Summary
Senate Bill 394 would add assistance language for advance ballot envelopes and contains a conditional repealer that would repeal advance voting statutes if a court finds signature-verification requirements unconstitutional and the secretary publishes that finding; a conceptual amendment to strike the repeal failed and senators agreed to work on timing language.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee reviewed Senate Bill 394 on Feb. 20, a measure that would modify language about assistance for advance voting ballot envelopes and includes a conditional repealer tied to a court finding about signature verification.
Jason summarized the bill: it would add language that permits assistance with signing an advance ballot envelope when a voter's signature differs from the one on file and would add a conditional repealer — new section 1 — that directs the Secretary of State to publish in the Kansas Register if a court issues a final order finding the…
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