AB 67

Currently, the deadline for late registration for an election in person at the

office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners is 5 p.m. or the close of

business, whichever is later, on the day before the election. The deadline for absentee

voting in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners

is 5 p.m. on the day before the election. This bill changes the deadline for late

registration in person to 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the

Friday before the election and the deadline for voting an absentee ballot in person

to 5 p.m. on the Friday before the election. The change is effective for elections held

on or after July 1, 2011, but the bill directs each municipal clerk and board of election

commissioners to provide electors who register or vote by absentee ballot in person

at the office of the clerk or board at elections held prior to July 1, 2011, with written

or posted information concerning the change. The bill directs the Government

Accountability Board (GAB) to prescribe information to be provided to electors

briefly describing the deadline changes.

The bill also provides that any elector who votes at an election held prior to the

date of the 2012 spring primary shall be requested by the election officials to present

proof of identification in the same manner as provided for in 2011 Senate Bill 6, in

accordance with the text of the bill as affected by any legislative action on the day

this bill becomes law. If an elector does not present proof of identification, the elector

is still permitted to vote, but is given information either in writing or posted at the

polling place or office of the clerk or board of election commissioners prescribed by

the GAB briefly describing the identification requirement for future reference.

Currently, GAB prescribes the format of voter registration forms in accordance

with statutory requirements. This bill directs GAB to provide to each municipal

clerk and board of election commissioners an interactive electronic registration form

that may be used by an elector to enter the information that is required to be provided

by the elector electronically and to print the completed form for delivery to the clerk

or board of election commissioners.