2005 House Bill 4228 ↩

House Roll Call 125: Passed

To require local election clerks to place a voter who has missed five consecutive elections, including at least two November general elections, on an inactive voter list. A voter on the list could still vote using a provisional ballot, which requires additional identity verification procedures. Also, to require the Secretary of State to search the Qualified Voter File every six months and remove any dead people or non-citizens. To also require the Department of Corrections to send the Secretary of State a list of imprisoned felons every month, and require the Secretary of State to remove these felons from the QVF, and notify local election clerks of this. Local clerks would then be required to remove the felons from local voter rolls. Finally, to require the Secretary of State to send every voter listed on the QVF a form asking whether the voter wants to be placed on a list of those who want an absentee ballot in each future election. If a voter does not respond, or the letter is returned as undeliverable, the person would be placed on an inactive voter list. Local election clerks would then be given the list of voters who want to be on a permanent absentee ballot list.