Voting
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities [SB-660]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - Alterations [SB-605]
Altering automatic voter registration procedures at the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of automatic voter registration information by the Administration and the Exchange, the processing of the voter registration information by the State Board of Elections, and the sending of notices by the State Board and the Exchange; etc.
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, underscoring that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote. [SJR-511]
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, underscoring that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Orphans' Court Judges - Elections [HB-677]
Requiring that candidates for judge of the orphans' court appear on the ballot without party designation.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations [SB-544]
Altering the process by which a defective corporate act may be ratified; and altering rules for certain legal actions by persons claiming to be adversely affected by a ratification.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Curbside Voting [HB-641]
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Requiring each local board of elections, at least 6 months prior to each statewide primary election, to designate an outside location for curbside voting, subject to the approval of the State Board; requiring a local board to take into account certain factors when determining a location for curbside voting; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; and requiring the State Board and local boards to emphasize in communicating with the public and voters that curbside voting is primarily an accommodation for disabled and elderly voters.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law – Polling Place Procedures – Individual Assisting a Voter [SB-557]
Prohibiting an individual assisting a voter in marking or preparing a ballot at a polling place from assisting more than three unrelated voters during an election, unless the individual is an election judge, or from receiving compensation for assisting a voter in marking or preparing the ballot.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities [HB-627]
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Altering the definitions of "automatic voter registration agency" and "applicable transaction" for the purpose of designating the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency and requiring the Department to register qualified individuals to vote when they are released from confinement at a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department to implement an automatic voter registration system on or before January 1, 2025.
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Elections; homeowners' associations [SB-1294]
Elections; homeowners' associations
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language-Related Assistance [HB-563]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to determine whether there is a significant and substantial need for language-related assistance in certain languages by a local board of elections during an election based on certain criteria; requiring local boards to provide certain language-related assistance and materials in voting and elections to certain voters in certain languages; and requiring the State Board to establish a telephone interpreter hotline.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Elections – Ranked–Choice Voting – Contests for Presidential Nomination in 2028 [SB-493]
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Requiring that, in the 2028 statewide primary election, each contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States be conducted using ranked-choice voting; and requiring the State Board of Elections to develop and pay the cost of a certain voter education campaign and conduct and pay the cost of a survey of voters after the primary election to gauge the satisfaction of the voters with ranked-choice voting.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Membership and Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) [HB-505]
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Requiring a certain electric company to be a member of a regional transmission organization; and requiring a certain electric company, by February 1 each year, to submit a report to the Public Service Commission regarding certain votes cast by the electric company and any of its affiliates at a meeting of the regional transmission organization.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Elections - Voter Registration Age - Alteration [SB-515]
Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To The Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board Of Trustees. [HB-2519]
Amends the composition of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Clarifies vacancy procedures. Amends quorum requirements and voting powers.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors [HB-436]
Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote; requiring that a voter notification card sent to an individual under the age of 18 years include information regarding when the individual will be eligible to vote; and requiring the election director in the county where a registered voter under the age of 18 years becomes eligible to vote to send a notice that the voter is eligible to vote and information on the voting methods and locations available to the voter.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Fee or Tax Rate Increases - Yea and Nay Vote of General Assembly Required (Taxpayer Disclosure and Protection Act) [HB-484]
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Prohibiting a certain increase of a State fee or the rate of a State tax from taking effect unless the General Assembly, by a yea and nay vote, explicitly approves the increased fee or tax rate.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions [HB-456]
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Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Administration – State Administrator, Local Boards, and Election Directors [HB-459]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to evaluate the performance of the State Administrator of Elections; requiring the State Administrator to provide a performance evaluation of the election director of each local board of elections to the local board; requiring each local board to confer with the State Administrator in appointing an election director, maintain a warehouse, and provide for early voting center expenses; requiring, rather than authorizing, election directors to take certain actions; etc.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Planned Community Associations. [HB-2317]
Clarifies that the deadline for proxy votes to be delivered to the secretary of the planned community association or the managing agent for association meetings is 4:30 p.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Clarifies that any owner seeking nomination to the association board and wanting to receive proxy votes can submit a statement of qualifications that shall not exceed one single-sided eight and one-half inches by eleven inches page. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Election Integrity. [HB-2289]
Imposes new security requirements for voting systems. Deems as election fraud certain acts relating to the provision of valuable consideration, including gifts and loans, for the purpose of bribery; election tampering; and security breaches. Appropriates moneys for video security surveillance recording equipment for the state's voting system. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025.