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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 493

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Relating to: counting write-in votes in the general election.

Elections — Ballots Elections — Campaign expense Primary elections Prison

  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

Under current law, subject to certain exceptions, write-in votes for a candidate

in the general election may be counted only if the candidate, through his or her

candidate committee, filed a registration statement for purposes of the election no

later than noon on the Friday immediately preceding the election. The registration

must include, among other information, the name and mailing address of the

candidate committee and the candidate committee treasurer.

Under this bill, no candidate losing in the partisan primary may file a

registration statement to have write-in votes for the candidate counted in the

general election.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gundrum (R) , Macco (R) , Michalski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R)

2 cosponsors

Maxey (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Nov 7, 2023 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 52–45 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 52

Nay · 45

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Oct 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Macco, Gundrum, S. Johnson, Michalski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez and Rozar; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

  2. Oct 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  7. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules

  9. Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  10. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 45

  13. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Nov 13, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1