6183 AAS 05/14/01 S2790.1

SB 6183 - S AMD 398

By Senators Snyder, Swecker and Kohl-Welles

                                                  ADOPTED 05/14/01

    Beginning on page 7, after line 33, strike all material through "vacancy." on page 8, line 8 and insert the following:

    "If the vacancy occurs no later than the sixth Tuesday before the primary or general election concerned and the ballots have been printed, the appropriate election officers shall correct the ballots.  In making the correction, it is not necessary to reprint complete ballots if any other less expensive technique can be used and the resulting correction is reasonably clear.

    If the vacancy occurs after the sixth Tuesday before the primary or general election and time does not exist in which to correct ballots (including absentee ballots), either in total or in part, then the votes cast or recorded for the person who has died or become disqualified must be counted for the person who has been named to fill the vacancy."

SB 6183 - S AMD 398

By Senators Snyder, Swecker and Kohl-Welles

                                                  ADOPTED 05/14/01

    On page 10, line 7, after "votes cast" insert "by all voters affiliated with that party"

EFFECT:  These are merely technical changes to the underlying bill.  The first results from passage of another bill, SB 5273, which has recently been signed into law.  The second reinserts a phrase that had been inadvertently omitted and which may cause confusion.

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