Senate Majority Leader Shelley Hughes (R-Palmer) has introduced Senate Bill 43 which clarifies campaign contribution laws as well as violations regarding election tampering. The bill explicitly states that it is a violation of election law for someone to knowingly assist an absentee voter in marking a ballot that fails to provide the voter’s name and address, or to knowingly fail to sign and date the voter’s certificate.
The bill also clarifies that it is illegal to posses a ballot that was mailed to another person unless you are an election official or someone legally permitted to collect and transmit ballots or a family member or caregiver of the registered voter.
The bill is set for hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 16, which will include both invited and public testimony. The meeting in the Senate State Affairs Committee begins at 3:30 p.m.
TAKING ACTION
The League of Women Voters have volunteered for many years to “help” senior citizens with the ballots. Our uncle has been visited every year and the league person takes his ballot. We oppose this and hope this bill stops that. The leftist League puts out a card at the Senior centers with the offer to help drive them or bring them ballots. Very bad and we do not even know when they contact our uncle. It is before we can get to him.