Relating to the electronic delivery and return of ballots for persons with certain physical disabilities

If, upon receipt of an absentee ballot request form, the county commissioner of elections determines that the voter qualifies to receive an electronic absentee ballot, the county commissioner shall transmit an electronic absentee ballot to the voter at the time that physical absentee ballots are mailed. If the county commissioner determines that the voter does not qualify to receive an electronic absentee ballot, the county commissioner shall inform the voter of the rejection, the reason therefore, and that the voter will receive a physical absentee ballot. The bill requires an electronic absentee ballot to be transmitted in a form that allows the voter to read and mark the ballot using a personal computer. The bill then allows the voter to print the absentee ballot and return it in the same manner as prescribed for physical absentee ballots or to return the ballot electronically. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to adopt rules regarding the form, transmission, marking, and return of electronic absentee ballots. The rules shall require a voter who returns an absentee ballot electronically to submit a copy of a voter identification document.