SB 5496 - DIGEST

Authorizes each county auditor to propose an adjustment to the division of election precincts or precinct boundaries to the county legislative authority at least forty-five days before the following date: Seven days before the first day for candidates to file for a primary election and ending with the day of a general election.

Requires voting precincts to be either wholly outside of a city or town, or wholly within a single city or town and, where applicable, a single council district or ward of that city or town.

Allows the requirement for contiguity to be suspended in the case of an unincorporated area entirely surrounded by incorporated territory and in incorporated areas that are geographically separated from the remainder of the city or town of which they are a part, subject to the restrictions on precinct boundaries and the maximum registered voter count.