Relating to elections; exempting lobbying activities relating to ballot questions or propositions from campaign finance reporting requirements; adding costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national convention to the definition of noncampaign disbursement; modifying the gift ban exception relating to a plaque; requiring preelection reports of certain political contributions to political committees, political funds and party units; adjusting certain preelection reporting requirements for contributions to candidates; requiring campaign advertisements disseminated by broadcast or cable television to include captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers; providing for delivery of absentee ballots to an agent of certain persons and return of ballots by an agent; modifying the date for county or legislative district chairs to prepare a list of eligible voters to act as election judges; permitting appointment of election judges not affiliated with a major political party; eliminating an approval requirement for mail elections; increasing the time for filing affidavits of candidacy for special elections; modifying recounts of a special primary or a special election; providing for party balance requirements to not apply to town elections under certain conditions; authorizing school boards to decide by resolution to choose nominees for school board by primary; providing for school districts affidavits of candidacy filing dates; authorizing school boards to provide for the use of electronic voting systems; modifying certain postelection review procedures by the secretary of state and certain recount procedures; providing an exception to the charitable contribution limit for principal campaign committees; authorizing the use of voter registration application forms on hand to be used
(Ch. 295, 2008)