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State bills would change polling-place authority, challengers' procedures and restore registrations; AG guidance on federal agents awaited
Summary
The election director briefed the board on several state bills — requiring bus access to early voting centers, automatic restoration of registrations for people released from incarceration, and giving local directors authority over polling-place order — and said the attorney general's office is reviewing guidance about federal agents at polling places.
The election director summarized multiple state bills that would affect local election operations.
On access, the director said a departmental bill requires buses operating on fixed local routes to allow passengers to embark and disembark at the entrance of early voting centers located within a half-mile of the route; the director said that requirement will be effective beginning in 2028 and that the county's local transit route already stops near the early voting site.
The director also described a measure to restore…
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