SB 978

Under this bill, each municipal clerk and board of election commissioners must

keep a record of all complaints concerning allegations of election fraud or misconduct

received by the clerk or board of election commissioners at an election. The bill

requires the clerk or board of election commissioners, no later than 14 days after each

election, to submit a report detailing each such allegation to the Elections

Commission and to the district attorney for the county in which the municipality is

located. Under the bill, no later than 30 days after each election, the Elections

Commission must then compile and categorize the information it receives in those

reports and submit to the legislature a report describing that information in detail

and describing in detail each complaint, whether formal or informal, the commission

received concerning allegations of fraud or misconduct in the election.

Additionally, the bill requires each district attorney receiving a report

described above from a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners, no later

than 30 days after each election, to investigate and make a charging decision with

respect to each allegation contained in the report and inform the State Prosecutors

Office in the Department of Administration of each charging decision.

Finally, under the bill, no later than 60 days after each election, the State

Prosecutors Office must compile and categorize the information it receives from

district attorneys concerning charging decisions and submit a report to the

legislature describing that information in detail.