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Minutes for SB78 - Committee on Elections
Short Title
Elections; voting place changes; written notice to affected voters; emergency exception.
Minutes Content for Wed, Mar 15, 2017
Mike Heim, Senior Assistant Revisor, provided a briefing on SB78.
There being no questions for Mr. Heim, Representative Keith Esau, Chair, opened the hearing on SB78.
Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Kansas Senate, provided testimony in support of SB78 (Attachment 1).
Senator Faust-Goudeau answered questions from the Committee.
Bryan Caskey, Director of Elections, Kansas Secretary of State's Office, provided testimony in support of SB78 (Attachment 2).
Mr. Caskey answered questions from the Committee.
Marge Ahrens, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Kansas, provided testimony in support of SB78 (Attachment 3).
There were no questions from the Committee for Ms. Ahrens.
Former Representative Ann Mah provided written only testimony in support of SB78 (Attachment 4).
There were no further testimonies in favor of SB78.
There being no testimonies in opposition to or neutral to SB78, Representative Esau, Chair closed the hearing on SB78.
Representative Esau, Chair, announced the intention to meet either Monday, March 20, or Wednesday, March 22, work SB78, and have an informational briefing on Ranked Choice Voting the same day.
