Relating to the scanning and usage of intelligent mail barcodes on absentee ballots

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
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   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires the county commissioner of elections to place an intelligent mail barcode on every ballot return envelope and to scan the intelligent mail barcode on any absentee ballot received by the commissioner that contains such a barcode to determine when the ballot entered the federal mail system. However, if the ballot contains a postmark and an intelligent mail barcode, the commissioner shall cause the intelligent mail barcode to be scanned only if the postmark does not indicate that the ballot was mailed by the applicable deadline.

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