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Minutes for HB2571 - Committee on Elections
Short Title
Requiring that all advance voting ballots deposited in a remote ballot box be considered provisional ballots until verified by the county election office.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 8, 2024
Chairperson Proctor opened the hearing on HB2571 and recognized Assistant Revisor, Mike Heim, Office of Revisor of Statutes who presented overview of the bill. (Attachment 15)
Conferees providing proponent testimony for HB2571 included:
Chad Ennis, Vice President, Honest Election Project provided testimony in support of HB2571. (Attachment 16)
Proponents providing written only testimony for HB2571 included:
Kari Sue Vosburgh, Sedgwick County Precinct, We The People Kansas (Attachment 17)
Brett Anderson, Precinct Committeeman, We The People (Attachment 18)
Conferees providing opponent testimony for HB2571 included:
Clay Barker, Secretary of State, General Counsel provided testimony in opposition of HB2571. (Attachment 19)
Rick Piepho, Kansas County Clerks and Election Officials Association testified in opposition of HB2571. (Attachment 20)
Mike Burgess, Director of Policy & Outreach, Disability Rights center of Kansas provided opponent testimony for HB2571. (Attachment 21)
Davis Hammet, President, Loud Light Civic Action provided testimony in opposition of HB2571. (Attachment 22)
Opponents submitting written only testimony for HB2571 included:
Jay Hall, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Kansas Association of Count (Attachment 23)
Glenda Overstreet Vaughn, DBA, MBA (Attachment 24)
Monice Crawford, President, The Topeka (KS) Chapter of the Links Inc. (Attachment 25)
Lauren Tice Miller, Director of Government Relations & Elections, Kansas National Education Association (Attachment 26)
Rashane Hamby, Director of Policy and Research, American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas (Attachment 27)
Cille King, League of Women Voters of Kansas (Attachment 28)
Nathan Madden, Policy Impact Strategist, Health Forward Foundation (Attachment 29)
Chairperson Proctor closed the hearing on HB2571.
