HB1680: Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records, required affirmation.

Legislative Summary

Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records; required affirmation. Requires the Department of Elections to prescribe procedures for the handling and counting of ballots cast by persons who register to vote on the day of the election, including a requirement that such person affirm, subject to felony penalties for making false statements, that he is not intentionally voting more than once in the same election, whether in the same or a different jurisdiction, and that he is not intentionally registering to vote at more than one residence at the same time, both of which constitute the crime of election fraud and are punishable as a Class 6 felony. Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records; required affirmation. Requires the Department of Elections to prescribe procedures for the handling and counting of ballots cast by persons who register to vote on the day of the election, including a requirement that such person affirm, subject to felony penalties for making false statements, that he is not intentionally voting more than once in the same election, whether in the same or a different jurisdiction, and that he is not intentionally registering to vote at more than one residence at the same time, both of which constitute the crime of election fraud and are punishable as a Class 6 felony.