Bill Number: S.B. 1056

            Townsend Floor Amendment

            Reference to: printed bill

            Amendment drafted by: Hannah Willes

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

1. Declares, as an invalid ballot which may not be counted, any ballot that is not included in the chain of custody documentation, rather than any ballot that is misplaced and not included in the initial tally at a polling place, including provisional and early ballots at a counting center or early election board.

2. Classifies, as a class 2 misdemeanor, knowingly placing a ballot into the collection, verification or tabulation process outside of the official chain of custody, rather than misplacing a ballot.

3. Outlines action for damages for a voter whose ballot is accidentally misplaced, rather than misplaced, and cannot be counted.

4. Makes technical and conforming changes.

Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                  Townsend

Second Regular Session                                                  S.B. 1056

TOWNSEND FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1056

(Reference to printed bill)

Page 1, line 4, after the period insert "Invalid ballots;" strike "ineligibility;"

Line 6, after "are" strike remainder of line

Strike lines 7 and 8

Line 9, strike "early election board" insert "not included in the chain of custody documentation"

Line 10, strike "misplaces a ballot as prescribed by this subsection" insert "knowingly places a ballot into the collection, verification or tabulation process outside of the official chain of custody"

Line 12, after "is" insert "accidentally"; strike "as prescribed by"

Line 13, strike "subsection A of this section"

Amend title to conform

KELLY TOWNSEND

1056FloorTOWNSEND.docx

02/16/2022

09:53 AM

C: MR