Introduced
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To require the Secretary of State to promulgate rules regarding an objective signature verification process for checking voter identity where applicable. The bill would require signature verification training for clerks and election inspectors. This could not include a presumption regarding the validity of any signature that was to be verified; or include instructions or guidance to consider hypothetical or circumstantial factors that could affect a signature without supporting evidence. This is part of a Republican election integrity package comprised of Senate Bills 273 to 311.
Referred to the Committee on Elections
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)
To require the Secretary of State to promulgate rules regarding an objective signature verification process for checking voter identity where applicable. The bill would require signature verification training for clerks and election inspectors. This could not include a presumption regarding the validity of any signature that was to be verified; or include instructions or guidance to consider hypothetical or circumstantial factors that could affect a signature without supporting evidence.
Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics
