House Bill 5428

To augment the powers of the State Elections Enforcement Commission, to make violation of the "Voter's Bill of Rights" subject to penalty, to provide monetary fines for the failure to file a candidate intent affidavit under the Citizens' Election Program, to eliminate an obsolete reference to the lever voting machines and to require that any voting system used in an election be operational at the time the polls open, to lower the threshold for electronic filings to the State Elections Enforcement Commission and to remove references to certain software programs and replace them with references to the web-based program, to extend the State Elections Enforcement Commission review period for grant applications for candidates for state-wide offices, to provide that a participating candidate facing an opponent on the statutory deadline for nomination shall be deemed opposed for the election campaign and to repeal section 9-717.

In the House of Representatives

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In the House of Representatives Mar 3 – Apr 27

1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
2. Mar 8Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
3. Mar 26Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended a substitute for it
4. Apr 20Sent to Judiciary Committee
5. Apr 27Judiciary Committee recommended it