SB 5744 - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/04/05)

Provides that, with express authorization from the county legislative authority, the county auditor may conduct all primary, special, and general elections entirely by mail ballot. The county legislative authority must give the county auditor at least ninety days' notice before the first election to be conducted entirely by mail ballot. If the county legislative authority and the county auditor decide to return to a polling place election environment, the county legislative authority must give the county auditor at least one hundred eighty days' notice before the first election to be conducted using polling places. Authorization under this act must apply to all primary, special, and general elections conducted by the county auditor.