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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 637

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Relating to: using an electronic voting machine to cast a vote with an in-person absentee ballot. (FE)

Elections — Ballots Elections commission Electric utility Municipality — Elections Ordinance Voting machine

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill authorizes a municipality to allow its electors to vote before election

day by using an electronic voting machine to cast an in-person absentee ballot. If

a municipality enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution to implement this method,

and the Elections Commission certifies that the municipality is capable of

implementation, an elector may vote before election day at the municipal clerk's

office by completing his or her ballot and casting the ballot using an electronic voting

system. The period for this option is the same as for making applications for

in-person absentee ballots: beginning no earlier than the third Monday preceding

the election and ending no later than 7 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election.

The votes are not tabulated before election day, but the municipal clerk publishes the

daily tally of the total number of ballots cast before election day on the municipality's

Internet site. The current law that applies to voting on election day with regard to

election observers and assisting the disabled also applies to voting as provided under

the bill.

The bill also requires the Elections Commission to certify electronic voting

systems that include a report function capable of reporting write-in votes by

scanning the ballots and electronically capturing the write-in votes.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kulp (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R)

4 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Craig (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 9 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 11 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Bernier, Allen, R. Brooks, Knodl, Kulp, Steffen, Tusler and Kooyenga; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Carpenter and Stroebel

  2. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Nov 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Brandtjen

  6. Feb 6, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Brandtjen

  7. Feb 7, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Brandtjen

  9. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  10. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  11. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  12. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 6 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  13. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 7 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  14. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 8 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  15. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 9 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  16. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 10 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  17. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 11 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Brandtjen

  18. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  19. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Kessler, C. Taylor and Zamarripa

  20. Feb 14, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  21. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  22. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 9 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  23. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 11 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  24. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  25. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  26. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  27. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:27 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  28. Feb 19, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 12 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Brandtjen and Bernier

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  30. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  31. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 9 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  32. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 11 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  33. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 12 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  34. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  35. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  36. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  37. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  38. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  39. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  40. Mar 13, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Utilities

  41. Mar 13, 2018 · Senate

    Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk-5672

  42. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 12 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)

  43. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1