TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 7, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee has signed several election law bills passed by state lawmakers just before they recessed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, WRCBtv reports. Lee signed off on changes that eliminate fines for submitting too many incomplete voter registration forms and remove the misdemeanor penalties for not completing certain administrative requirements. Several groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed suit over the voter registration laws last year and a federal judge blocked the news laws from taking effect. Another change that Lee signed allows use of emergency supersites if polling places are rendered unusable. That change came largely in response to Super Tuesday tornadoes. Efforts to expand absentee voting during the pandemic were defeated.