2025 bills / H.B. 205
H.B. 205 Ballot Counting and Ballot Drop Box Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would require that mailed ballots be received by election officials before polls close on election day to be counted. It would also require election officers to place at least one ballot drop box within a 60-minute drive of 95% of registered voters in their area.
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Official description
- provides that, for a ballot that is mailed to be valid, the election officer must receive the ballot before the polls close on election day
- requires an election officer to ensure that at least one ballot drop box is located no more than a 60-minute drive from 95% of registered voters in the election officer's jurisdiction
- makes technical and conforming changes
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