E 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; 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; modifying the deadline for county auditor posting of +voting histories after state general elections; requiring registration of +inactive registrants; increasing the county auditor retention period for +prescribed polling place rosters; 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; +granting the secretary of state the authority to designate alternative methods for+ handling absentee ballots during declared national or state emergencies; +extending the procedures for the formation of absentee ballot boards in counties +without counting centers to all counties and modifying the authority of +absentee ballot boards to count certain ballots; clarifying certain nominating +petition requirements; modifying the time limit for candidate requests for the+ counting of write in votes; expanding the qualification requirements for +combined polling places in contiguous precincts; specifying a certain +accessible polling place designation requirement; 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; modifying the date for preparation+ of eligible election judge lists; providing for the appointment of +election judges without party designation under certain conditions; 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 or school district 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;placing certain additional restrictions on the conduct of +challengers; requiring polling place rosters to provide a statement relating to +the penalty for giving false information; modifying the procedure for successful +challenges to voter eligibility; prohibiting approach to or conversation with +election judges during the ballot counting process; prohibiting use of the +absence of election judge initials on ballots to disqualify the ballots under +certain conditions; clarifying certain precinct summary statement content +requirements relating to the number of votes received by the candidates; declaring+ 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; limiting the scope of recounts; 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; modifying the advance public notice and demonstration system time +periods relating to the use of new voting systems; 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 +of 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; 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 (ra, ja)