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SF 1551 Senate Long Description

2E Relating to elections; changing the option for post-secondary educational institutions to prepare student residential housing lists to be sent to county auditors for use in election day registration to a requirement, providing for protection of certain information; clarifying the voting rights of persons under guardianship; extending the time limit for state or local agency submittal of voter registration applications to the secretary of state or the county auditor; updating certain election day registration proof of residence requirements and authorizing the registration of students presenting a copy of a current student registration card or a current student monthly rental statement containing a valid residential address in the precinct, requiring residential facility operators to prepare lists of the names of employees and the facility address for vouching purposes and expanding the eligibility of native Americans to register on election day; modifying certain voter registration card requirements; eliminating the requirement for a court order to withhold names of registered voters from the public information list for voter safety purposes; requiring county auditors to mail absentee ballot applications to the study abroad offices of colleges and universities; expanding the oath requirement of election judges; expanding the requirement for the secretary of state to develop translated voting materials in languages other than English; specifying certain identification badge requirements for officials on duty in polling places; prohibiting the appointment of election judges as challengers; requiring training of polling place challengers, specifying certain duties of the secretary of state; modifying the voters bill of rights relating to the right of convicted felons to vote; providing for the right of persons under guardianship to vote unless revoked by the court; expanding the statement of grounds requirement for challenges to voters; authorizing challenged ex-felons to leave the polling place and return to vote; requiring and providing for county sheriffs or jailers voting assistance to inmates
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