Georgia House Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-13 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to primaries and elections generally, so as to provide that prompt notice shall be provided to electors of the rejection of their absentee ballots; to provide for the standard for reviewing such ballots; to provide that electors shall have time to correct problems with absentee ballots; to provide for the use of communications for notifying electors of rejected ballots; to provide that the use of outdated forms is not a basis for rejection of absentee ballots; to provide for the processing and counting of certain ballots for a period of seven days following an election; to revise the dates for certifying election results; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Elections; prompt notice shall be provided to electors of the rejection of their absentee ballots; provide

Rep. Kimberly Alexander [D]	Rep. Robert Trammell [D]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]	Rep. Renitta Shannon [D]
Rep. Bee Nguyen [D]	Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-13	House	House Second Readers
2019-02-12	House	House First Readers
2019-02-11	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/54826
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/181058