HB0238H2001

This amendment adds a new statute on late absentee ballots, provides notice and ballot replacement rights to voters whose ballots are rejected, and makes conforming references to the new statute.

• Updates the bill's purpose statement to include making conforming amendments. (Page 1, line 4)
• Adds reference to new statute W.S. 22-9-119 to the bill's section references. (Page 1, line 9)
• Requires the county clerk to notify voters whose ballots are rejected due to ballot harvesting violations and allows them seven days from notification to cast a substitute ballot, even if that extends beyond election day. (Page 2, lines 6-13)
• Creates new statute W.S. 22-9-119 establishing that absentee ballots received after polls close shall not be voted, must be marked as rejected, and must be retained for at least two years or longer if required by federal law before being destroyed. (Page 2, after line 16)

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