BILL · 2001–02 SESSION
SB 5293: Voter registration
Discouraging voter registration by noncitizens.
Summary
- Requires all voter registration forms printed after the effective date of this act to include clear and conspicuous language, designed to draw an applicant's attention, stating that only citizens of the United States may register to vote. Similar language must be stamped conspicuously onto existing voter registration forms in the possession of the office of the secretary of state.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 18, 2001
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Don Benton (R-17)
- Introduced
- January 18, 2001 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 14, 2002
AN ACT Relating to voter registration;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Don Benton (R-17)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to State & Local Government.
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