Introduced
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To extend the right of appeal that currently applies to decisions made by the state board of canvassers to also apply to decisions made by the director of the elections bureau in the Secretary of State office. House Bills 5648 to 5650 and Senate Bills 973 to 976 transfer authority in matters related to statewide ballot initiatives from the canvassers to the elections bureau director.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight, Elections, and Ethics
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To not give authority related to the approval of ballot proposals to the director of the Secretary of State's Elections Bureau, but instead give it the fourth district of the state appeals court, which has ended up making the ruling on many recent ballot measures anyway, after actions or non-actions by the Board of Canvassers were successfully appealed.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 57 to 49 (details)
To extend the right of appeal that currently applies to decisions made by the state board of canvassers related to ballot proposals so that this right would also apply to ballot proposal decisions made by the fourth district of the state appeals court. House Bills 5648 to 5650 and Senate Bills 973 to 976 transfer authority in matters related to statewide ballot initiatives from the canvassers to the appeals court, and this bill establishes in statute that those decisions could be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To give the authority to the director of the Secretary of State's elections bureau.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 21 to 15 (details)
To extend the right of appeal that currently applies to decisions made by the state board of canvassers to also apply to decisions made by the director of the elections bureau in the Secretary of State office. House Bills 5648 to 5650 and Senate Bills 973 to 976 transfer authority in matters related to statewide ballot initiatives from the canvassers to the elections bureau director.
Passed in the House 58 to 48 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which establishes a system in which the decisions are first made by the director of the elections bureau in the Secretary of State office.
Reported without amendment
To give the bill immediate effect.
