AB534: Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State to allow certain persons detained in jail to use the system of approved electronic transmission to register to vote and cast a ballot; revising provisions relating to voter registration and updating voter registration information; renaming certain provisional ballots to conditional ballots; revising provisions relating to certain petitions; revising the deadline for candidates to file a declaration of candidacy; revising provisions relating to the publication of certain information by a county clerk; authorizing the Secretary of State to require certain employees to attend a training course concerning elections procedures; revising provisions relating mail ballots; revising provisions relating to the testing of certain technology prior to an election; defining the term personal knowledge for purposes of certain challenges; revising provisions relating to risk-limiting audits; revising provisions relating to certain prohibited conduct in or around a polling place; revising provisions relating to mechanical voting systems; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the Secretary of State to adjust the date of the presidential preference primary election; making various other changes relating to elections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.