Ballot counting rules
When do mailed ballots count and how are votes tabulated? 13 bills.
- Open now
- 7
- Coming back
- 1
- Became law
- 0
- Stopped
- 5
The bills
What can still move first, then what may return next session, then laws and what stopped. Newest first in each.
Can still move 7
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Ballots by Election Day ActIn committee
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Ballots by Election Day ActIn committee
- Can still moveProvides notice regarding the timeliness of the receipt by the board of elections of ballots capable of return by mailPassed first chamber
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Congress and the States shall have certain authority to regulate and limit contributions and…In committee
- Can still moveDeems all ballots mailed into the board of elections postmarked not later than election day to have been received by the board of elections before the close of the polls on election day for certain electionsIn committee
- Can still moveProvides notice regarding the timeliness of the receipt by the board of elections of ballots capable of return by mailIn committee
- Congress back Nov 9, dies Jan 3, 2027Ranked Choice Voting ActIn committee
May return next session 1
- Must be reintroduced next sessionElections-hand counting for recountsPassed first chamber
Stopped: vetoed, failed or out of time 5
- Governor's recommendation received by House · Apr 11Ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, reportVetoed
- Governor's recommendation received by Senate · Apr 11Ranked choice voting, locally elected offices, reportVetoed
- In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author · Apr 8Vote by mail ballotsSession ended
- Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56 · Feb 2Voting by mailSession ended
- Senate sustained Governor's veto · Apr 2, 2025Conduct of election, ranked choice voting, reportVetoed
Grouped by AI from the bills closest to Elections, by the policy questions they address. Bills in a group may take opposing positions. Grouping as of October 31, 2026. A bill is not a law until it is signed.
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17 bills
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What proof of identity or citizenship is required to register and vote?
11 bills
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Should public funds or private donations finance elections and campaigns?
7 bills