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HB 94                                                                                             
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
House consider the Senate message (page 1925) on the following:                                     
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 94(FIN) am                                                               
     "An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and                                 
     procedures regarding independent candidates for President and                                  
     Vice-President of the United States, voter registration, voter                                 
     residence, precinct boundary and polling place designation and                                 
     modification, political parties, voters unaffiliated with a political                          
     party, early voting, absentee voting, ballot design, ballot counting,                          
     voting by mail, voting machines, vote tally systems, qualifications                            
     for elected office, initiative, referendum, recall, and definitions in                         
     the Alaska Election Code; and relating to incorporation elections."                            
                                                                                                    
and                                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 94(STA)                                                    
     (same title)                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved that the House concur in the Senate                                    
amendment to CSHB 94(FIN) am, thus adopting SCS CSHB 94(STA)                                        
and recommended that the members vote no.                                                           
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall the House concur in the Senate                                          
amendment to CSHB 94(FIN) am?"  The roll was taken with the                                         
following result:                                                                                   

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SCS CSHB 94(STA)                                                                                    
Concur                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  10   NAYS:  28   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  1                                                  
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Chenault, Foster, Kelly, Kohring, Kott, Lynn,                                      
Rokeberg, Thomas, Wilson                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Berkowitz, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Croft, Dahlstrom,                                      
Elkins, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker,                                
Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, LeDoux, McGuire, Meyer, Moses, Neuman,                                    
Olson, Ramras, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton, Stoltze                                                     
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Holm                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Weyhrauch                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
And so, the House failed to concur in the Senate amendment, thus                                    
failing to adopt SCS CSHB 94(STA).                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The Chief Clerk notified the Senate and respectfully requested it to                                
recede.                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
In the event the Senate fails to recede from its amendment, the                                     
Speaker appointed the following members to a Conference Committee                                   
to meet with a like committee from the Senate to consider the above                                 
bills:                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
 Representative Samuels, Chair                                                                      
 Representative Elkins                                                                              
 Representative Gruenberg