Delaware Senate Bill 326 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on July 15 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act expressly makes the general provisions of municipal elections except for the City of Wilmington applicable to the provisions on absentee voting in municipal elections except for the City of Wilmington. It also expressly provides that municipal Boards of Elections shall have the power and duty to hear cases and render decisions relating to alleged violations of pre-election activity that is contrary to the provisions on absentee voting and that the Elections Commissioner shall have the power and duty to decide appeals from such Board of Elections decisions. Furthermore, the Act requires municipalities to reimburse the Department of Elections that provides the voting machines for its election the costs of services provided based on a fee schedule established by the State Election Commissioner.

An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Municipal Elections.

Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]

Sen. Michael Katz [D]

Rep. D.E. Williams [D]

2010-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2010-06-24 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-15		Signed by Governor
2010-06-30		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-30		Necessary Rules are suspended in House
2010-06-25		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2010-06-24		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-24		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-24		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2010-06-24		Reported Out of Committee (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/ELECTIONS) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2010-06-23		Assigned to Administrative Services/Elections Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/c99c470ead3108ca8525773e0069dd56?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+326/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/fe6722a31a8d9d208525774c0071f509?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/2821cbc6d29f73248525775300011fe4?OpenDocument