SB 173

Under current law, with certain limited exceptions, an individual must be a

resident of this state and of the municipality and ward, if any, where the individual

will vote for 28 consecutive days before an election to be eligible to vote in the election.

This bill decreases the durational residency requirement to ten consecutive days. An

individual who does not satisfy the ten-day residency requirement at his or her

current location but who resided at another location in this state in the nine-day

period preceding the election may vote absentee in the ward or municipality from

which he or she moved if the individual is otherwise qualified to vote in that ward

or municipality.

Currently, the deadline for late registration made in person and at the office of

a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners to vote in an election is 5 p.m.

or the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday before the election. The

deadline for absentee voting in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board of

election commissioners is also 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on

the Friday before the election. This bill moves both of these deadlines to the day

before the election.