To revise rules on the physical details of absentee ballots with the goal of making it easier to process and count them, and allow clerks in larger communities (above 40,000) to begin opening and processing the ballots the day before an election. See Senate Bill 756, which allows early counting of absentee ballots.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To revise rules on the physical details of absentee ballots with the goal of making it easier to process and count them, and allow clerks in larger communities (above 25,000) to begin opening and processing absentee ballots the day before an election, under rules prescribed by the bill.

Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-7) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To allow clerks to start opening absentee ballots on the Saturday, Sunday, and Monday before an election.

To strip the proposed 25,000 population threshold requirement from the bill's provisions.