Legislative Updates
Illinois: Lawmakers were set to begin the task of overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of an Automatic Voter Registration bill that was approved overwhelming by both chambers in 2016. An override would require a three-fifths majority in both houses. The Senate approved the override on Wednesday. The House will meet on November 29.
Nevada: The North Las Vegas City Council is considering moving City Elections to an even-year Election cycle in order to save money and increase Voter turnout. The Council unanimously agreed to draw up an ordinance that would end the current off-year, springtime Election schedule by 2020.
Texas: Legislators began pre-filing bills this week for the 2017 session of the Texas State Legislature. Included in the pieces of Legislation were bills about Voter ID, Automatic Voter Registration, Term Limits, Pre-Registration for 15-year-olds,
Utah: Sen. Daniel Thatcher (R-West Valley City) is working on Legislation that will allow clerks to set up additional polling places in the days leading up to an Election if fewer mailed ballots are being returned than officials expected.
Legal Updates
Arizona: A losing candidate representing himself has filed suit against Maricopa County claiming that the tossing about 1,4000 Early ballots that arrived on November 7th & 8th violates the Equal Rights Amendment because the votes of some people with questioned signatures are counted while others are summarily rejected.
Indiana: A search warrant unsealed this week reveal that the Indiana State Police are investigating a Voter Mobilization group that submitted several hundred Voter Registrations that included false, incomplete or fraudulent information.
New York: Absentee ballot counting has come to a halt in Warren County after a Supreme Court Judge candidate filed suit impounding ballots. “We’re not allowed to open any of our ballots or give out numbers,” Warren County BOE Republican Commissioner Mary Beth Casey told the Post-Star.
North Carolina: 2016 has been a rough Election year for Durham County and now the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating to see if there was any wrongdoing in the March Primary. The bureau is investigating whether crimes were committed in the mishandling of more than 1,000 Provisional ballots during the March Primary Elections. Some may have been counted twice and Election officials presented the Vote count as true when it was wrong, according to an interim report presented to the State Elections Board in May. The miscount didn't affect the Primary's outcome.
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