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Panel moves bill to eliminate envelope requirement for in-person absentee ballots
Summary
House Bill 859 would remove the envelope requirement for in-person absentee ballots while keeping the 45-day in-person absentee period and existing excuses; the committee approved the change by voice vote.
Chair explained House Bill 859 as a simplification of the in-person absentee process: under the bill, eligible voters who cast an in-person absentee ballot would place their ballot into the OMR equipment after signing the required affidavit rather than enclosing it in a separate envelope. "You no longer have to put it in an envelope, under this bill," the chair said.
The bill keeps the existing 45-day in-person absentee window and does not add new excuses for absentee voting, the chair emphasized. Committee members moved the bill as "title sufficient, do pass," and the chair recorded a voice vote in favor; the bill was reported out.
