FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 5143

                              C 155 L 89

BYSenators Pullen, Madsen, Talmadge and Moore

Relating to the placement of candidates' names on ballot pages.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

House Committe on State Government

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

A voting device for ballot cards may not contain the names of candidates for precinct committee officer for more than one precinct.  Accordingly, separate voting devices must be used for each precinct.  In practice, when precincts combine at a single polling place, there are lines of voters waiting to use the voting devices of some precincts, while the voting devices of other precincts may be used only intermittently.  It is suggested that voting devices should contain the names of candidates for precinct committee officer for all precincts that use the same polling place, enabling a voter to use any of several voting devices.

SUMMARY:

The requirement of a separate voting device for each precinct is eliminated.  Also eliminated is the requirement that a voting device list the names of candidates for precinct committee officer for only one precinct.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   40    5

     House 96  0

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989