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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 490

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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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: Wanggaard (R)

6 cosponsors

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 10, 2023 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. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection

  3. Nov 2, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Ortiz-Velez withdrawn as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. Nov 10, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1