Relating to elections; eliminating postmasters from the list for +inclusion by the secretary of state in the legislative manual, reducing the number+ of copies to be printed and distributed and the number to be made available to legislators and adding county recorders and attorneys to the +distribution list; establishing the voting integrity and voter access account and +appropriating money from the account to the secretary of state for election +administration improvement purposes under the federal help America vote act, +requiring secretary of state reports to the legislature; authorizing the +secretary of state to conduct surveys and other research related to elections and +specifying a time limit for response by county auditors and municipal clerks; +requiring certain multimember state agency data to be provided to the secretary+ of state in electronic format and expanding the required data to electronic +mail addresses, requiring publication of the data including member +vacancies on the web site of the secretary of state in lieu of publication in the +state register; school district referendum notices not to be considered +official ballots; authorizing the acceptance of current student identification+ cards for election day voter registration purposes; registration cards without +telephone numbers not to be considered deficient; modifying certain +requirements for drivers license or identification card voter registration application procedures; requiring school districts to biannually distribute voter registration forms to students eligible to vote at the next election; completion of the registration forms not to be a school district +requirement, notice requirement; requiring registration of inactive registrants; +increasing the county auditor retention period for prescribed polling place +rosters; requiring county attorneys receiving notice of alleged registration +or voter eligibility violations to forward copies to the secretary of state +and a description of actions taken in response; expanding county or +legislative district precinct caucus notice requirements to municipal clerks and +extending the information availability requirement; modifying the requirement +for county auditor offices to remain open before elections to accept absentee +ballot applications and imposing the requirements on the offices of city or +town clerks; providing for the satisfaction of proof of residency +requirements for patients or residents of health care facilities; granting the +secretary of state the authority to designate alternative methods for handling +absentee ballots during declared national or state emergencies; clarifying +certain nominating petition requirements; modifying the time limits for +candidate requests for the counting of write in votes and for candidate +withdrawal after the deadline; expanding the qualification requirements for combined +polling places in contiguous precincts; clarifying the inclusion of school +district elections and referenda under the time limit for designation of new +polling places; eliminating the requirement for voting booths to be provided +with a door or curtains; modifying certain election judge qualification +requirements; qualifying home schooled students for service as trainee election +judges and eliminating the requirement for high school students completion of or enrollment in a government course; providing for the appointment of +non-English speaking election judges upon request; modifying the date for +preparation of eligible election judge lists; classifying the name and party +designation of election judges as public data; prohibiting the counting of trainee +election judges toward the minimum required number of election judges; +modifying certain judicial election notice and ballot form requirements; modifying the +procedure for the provision of official supplemental ballots to absentee or +requesting voters; authorizing county auditors or municipal clerks by written authorization to permit news media representatives to enter polling +places for a limited period of time to observe the voting process, restrictions;+ requiring polling place rosters to provide a statement relating to the penalty +for giving false information and modifying election judge registration +verification requirements; modifying the procedure for successful challenges to +voter eligibility; providing for language assistance to non-English +speaking or reading voters; prohibiting use of the absence of election judge +initials on ballots to disqualify the ballots under certain conditions; requiring+ election night county auditor reports to the secretary of state; requiring +county canvassing board reporting of write in candidates to the county +auditor; limiting the scope of and modifying the procedure for automatic +recounts, requiring payment for ballot question recount expenses by the local +government unit placing the question on the ballot and clarifying the procedure +for recounting by precinct; providing for the placement of uncontested +judicial offices on the ballot; requiring the secretary of state to supply +county auditors with copies of example supplemental ballots and county +auditors to distribute copies to municipal and school district clerks before the +election; eliminating the authority of county auditors to issue certificates of legislative special elections; requiring candidates for town +supervisor to designate the specific seat sought in multiple seat elections; +extending the time limit for municipal or school or hospital district clerk +election notices to county auditors and requiring county auditor notice to the +secretary of state; clarifying certain canvassing requirements and transferring +certain governing body or municipal clerk canvassing duties to canvassing +boards; clarifying the electronic voting system use approval requirement; +authorizing the secretary of state to experimentally use electronic voting +systems; requiring the printing of the words official ballot on the front of +the ballot; permitting electronic filing of campaign finance reports; clarifying +the procedure for withdrawal or resignation from office; authorizing the consideration of ballot questions at annual town meetings; requiring +town treasurers to perform certain election duties of town clerks under +certain conditions; providing for the filling of vacancies resulting from +death of county commissioners by special election; clarifying certain petition+ signature requirements to initiate proceedings for the consolidation of +municipalities; modifying the filing period for affidavits of candidacy for hospital +district elections; requiring the secretary of state to develop alternative +methods for handling absentee ballots during periods of declared national or +state emergency and report to the legislature on the methods by a certain +date (ra)