S325 - The Uniform & Expanded Early Voting Act. (SL 2018-112)

Session Year 2018

Overview: S.L. 2018-112 makes the following changes, as amended by S.L. 2018-129:

  • Amends the time period for early voting to begin no earlier than the third Wednesday before an election, and end no later than the last Saturday before the election. On the last Saturday before the election, a county board of elections must conduct one-stop voting from 8:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. and may conduct early voting until 5:00 P.M. on that Saturday.
  • Establishes hours for one-stop early voting sites to be open during the early voting period, including requirements that:
    • All sites remain at the same location throughout early voting.
    • All sites be open uniformly on the days they are open.
    • All sites on weekdays during early voting must be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
    • All sites open on Saturdays other than the last Saturday of early voting must be open for a uniform number of hours.

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