SB 435

Under current law, generally, a voter must return his or her absentee ballot by

mail or deliver the ballot in person to the municipal clerk. Under this bill, a voter

must return his or absentee ballot by mail or deliver the ballot in person to the office

of the municipal clerk. The bill also prohibits designating an alternate site for the

collection of absentee ballots, not including an alternate site for voting in person

absentee, as provided under current law. In addition, the bill prohibits returning an

absentee ballot by depositing it into a drop box, other than a drop box located in the

office of the municipal clerk.

Finally, the bill provides that no individual may collect and deliver the absentee

ballots of other voters unless the individual delivers the ballots in person to the office

of the municipal clerk and prints his or her name and complete residential street

address in a log maintained by the municipal clerk. In addition, the individual must

print in the log the name of each voter for whom the individual delivers an absentee

ballot and the individual's relation to the voter. The individual must also sign and

date his or her entries in the log.