IN SB0291 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Early voting. Requires a county election board to establish at least one satellite office in the county for an election. Requires a county to establish one additional satellite office in the county for each 30,000 active voters in the county. Requires that an absentee ballot marked and forwarded by a voter who subsequently dies be counted if the voter's name appears on the registration rolls for the precinct, and the absentee ballot would otherwise be entitled to be counted if the voter had not died.
Title
Early voting.
Sponsors
Sen. Jean Breaux [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-01-11 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Elections |
2021-01-11 | Senate | Authored by Senator Breaux |