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HB 94                                                                                             
The State Affairs Committee has considered:                                                         
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 94                                                                               
    "An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and                                  
    procedures regarding independent candidates for President and                                   
    Vice-President of the United States, voter registration and voter                               
    registration records, voter registration through a power of                                     
    attorney, voter registration using scanned documents, voter                                     
    residence, precinct boundary and polling place designation and                                  
    modification, recognized political parties, voters unaffiliated with                            
    a political party, early voting, absentee voting, application for                               
    absentee ballots through a power of attorney, or by scanned                                     
    documents, ballot design, ballot counting, voting by mail, voting                               
    machines, vote tally systems, initiative, referendum, recall, and                               
    definitions in the Alaska Election Code; relating to incorporation                              
    elections; and providing for an effective date."                                                
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    

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    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 94(STA)                                                                   
    "An Act relating to qualifications of voters, requirements and                                  
    procedures regarding independent candidates for President and                                   
    Vice-President of the United States, voter registration and voter                               
    registration records, voter registration and absentee ballot requests                           
    through a power of attorney, voter registration using scanned                                   
    documents, voter residence, precinct boundary and polling place                                 
    designation and modification, recognized political parties, voters                              
    unaffiliated with a political party, early voting, absentee voting,                             
    application for absentee ballots through a power of attorney or by                              
    scanned documents, 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; relating to incorporation elections."                                            
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Seaton, Chair, with the                                     
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (3):  Gatto, Gruenberg, Seaton                                                              
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (2):  Gardner, Lynn                                                               
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 94(STA):                                                 
                                                                                                    
1.  Zero, Office of the Governor                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 94 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.