WHAT’S IN THE ELECTIONS BILLS

Both chambers’ bills, Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3, would:

Ban drive-thru voting

Ban 24-hour voting by setting time constraints

Prevent county election officials from sending absentee ballot applications to any voter who has not requested one

Require partisan poll watchers to be allowed “free movement” to observe election activities at polling sites and central vote counting areas

Ban absentee ballot drop boxes, requiring voters to mail in completed absentee ballots or deliver them to an election official

Require a person requesting an absentee ballot to provide a driver’s license number or Social

Security number to get one

Create a process for a voter to correct or verify a signature on an absentee ballot that might otherwise be tossed for a nonmatching signature

Ban vote harvesting, defined as a third-party group helping a voter fill out absentee ballots in order to benefit a specific candidate

Only Senate Bill 1 contains the following:

Authorizes state election officials to compare Department of Public Safety driving records with voter rolls to find potential noncitizen voters

Requires any person who transports three or more voters other than family members to the polls to fill out a form