SB 885

1.

This bill requires the presidential preference primary to be held on the second

Tuesday in March rather than the first Tuesday in April.

2.

Under current law, a qualified elector may apply for an absentee ballot

in-person no earlier than the third Monday preceding the election and no later than

the Friday preceding the election. Under this bill, a qualified elector may apply for

an absentee ballot in-person no earlier than the third Saturday preceding the

election and no later than the Friday preceding the election.

3.

This bill modifies current law regarding the voting procedures for military and

overseas electors so that the law is in substantial compliance with the federal

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. The bill also modifies

current law so that an individual signing the witness certification for an absentee

ballot cast by a military elector or overseas elector need not be a United States

citizen.

The bill allows all overseas electors to receive absentee ballots electronically,

regardless of whether such electors are considered permanently or temporarily

overseas. Under the bill, an overseas elector is a U.S. citizen who is residing outside

of the United States, who is not disqualified from voting, who has attained or will

attain the age of 18 by the date of an election at which the citizen proposes to vote,

who was last domiciled in this state or whose parent was last domiciled in this state

immediately prior to the parent's departure from the United States, and who is not

registered to vote or voting in any other state, territory, or possession.