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SF 455 Senate Long Description

5E Relating to elections

ARTICLE 1 - ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

Modifying various election administration provisions related to school board membership;
providing an option for filling school board member vacancies; requiring political party petitions to have signatures collected in the same year as petition filing; requiring the secretary of state to prepare county auditor voter lists monthly; modifying military and overseas voting for military personnel and persons with indefinite residence outside the United States; modifying election judge qualifications by prohibiting election judge service when domiciled with a candidate making technical and clarifying changes; modifying ballot board duties in regard to absentee ballots; modifying trainee election judge and ballot requirements; modifying authorization and procedure for mail balloting and election day activities; requiring election certificate legislative delivery; authorizing statutory and home rule charter cities to set candidate filing fees by ordinance; removing the requirement for hospital questions to be on a separate ballot; establishing the elections emergency planning task force and prescribing membership and duties; repealing independent school district boards appointments to fill vacancies, election precinct boundaries to follow physical features, folding ballots, secretary of state
summary statements delivery, and the Ramsey county charter election ballot

ARTICLE 2 - UNIFORM FAITHFUL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ACT

"Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act"; enacting certain election provisions to provide uniformity of law; making conforming changes
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