HB 280 -- PHYSICALLY DISABLED VOTERS

SPONSOR:  Walsh

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Elections by a vote of 10 to 0.

Currently, election judges must take, when time permits, voting
ballots and equipment to physically disabled voters who are
unable to enter polling places.  This bill removes the condition
"when time permits."

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that no one should be turned away
from voting simply because there is not a proper access to the
polling place, and this is just one more way to facilitate
voting.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Walsh; Paraquad,
Incorporated; Independent Living Center of Southeast Missouri;
Missouri Disability Vote Project Leadership Board; and Missouri
League of Women Voters.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Julie Jinkens McNitt, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:18 pm