Bill creates polling-place buffer and limits some law-enforcement actions during voting
SB 884 would establish a 100-foot buffer (extendable to 200 feet) around polling places to prevent actions that could impede voting and provide limited protection against interference with vote-by-mail drop locations; the author emphasized protecting voters and avoiding law-enforcement conflict, while sheriffs opposed the bill as written. Committee passed the measure as amended to appropriations.
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Sen. Umberg presented SB 8 84 as a measure to protect voting access at polling places by establishing a 100-foot perimeter (with discretion to extend to 200 feet) where certain law-enforcement actions would be limited during voting hours. He framed the bill as a response to past incidents in which armed guards and other disruptive behavior discouraged voting and said the law would be narrowly drawn to permit arrests for violent or public-safety incidents.
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