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Relating to straight party voting, and including applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Voters can choose all candidates from a single political party by marking one spot on their ballot. If a voter wants to pick someone from a different party for a specific office, they must mark that person's name individually. In these cases, the specific choice for an individual candidate will count instead of the single party mark.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to straight party voting. The bill allows a voter to vote for all candidates of a single party that has multiple candidates on a ballot by marking a voting target on the first section of the ballot. In cases where more than one person is being elected to a single office, the voter must mark each candidate for whom the voter desires to vote if the candidates do not all belong to the party for which the voter cast a straight party vote. If there is a conflict between a straight party vote and a vote for a candidate not of that party, the vote for the individual controls. The bill applies to elections held on or after the effective date of the bill.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
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