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University Daily Kansan, March 27, 1985
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Bill could remove voting hassles
By NANCY HANEY Staff Renorter
Staff Reporter
TOPEKA - Changing registration to vote in a presidential election can sometimes be a hassle for students, so many choose not to register after they come to college.
But a bill was passed in the House Elections Committee yesterday that would make voting in presidential elections easier for Kansans who have moved recently to another county or precinct in the state or people who have moved here from another state.
The bill was recommended by the Secretary of State's office to improve the procedures for voting in presidential elections by new residents, former residents and relocated residents.
The bill passed out of the committee without opposition and will be sent to the House floor sometime next week for debate and final action before Gov. John Carlin will decide whether to sign the bill into law.
ERIC RUCKER, deputy assistant secretary of state, said something needed to be done to make voting in the 2016 election for Kansans who change residences.
According to the bill, any Kansas resident who was registered to vote in his or her former county would be able to submit an affidavit to the county election officer to vote in the county into which he or she moved. A voter must be a member of the officer of the former county, must be filed between 20 days before the election and noon on the Monday before the election.
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A person who has moved to another state would go through the same procedures as someone who has moved to another county or precinct
For example, a KU student who was registered to vote in another Kansas county would be able to request to vote in the presidential election in Douglas County by writing to the former county's election office.
STATE REF. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence and a member of the committee, said she thought the bill created a fair opportunity for those who wished to vote in a presidential election but had moved recently.
election out and threw voting.
The bill would help many of her constituents, she said.
"The change probably would be of great interest to KU students," she said.
A new Kansas resident would be able to apply to vote in the presidential election in his or her new county by submitting an affidavit from the
The affidavit would have to be filed between 45 days before the election and noon the Monday before it.
The bill also is needed to stop people from applying as new residents after they have been residents for a long time, Rucker said.
former state, stating he or she was no longer a resident of the state.
Currently, a former resident must apply in person to his or her former county in Kansas to get an affidavit stating he or she was no longer a resident. The provisions under the Law allow the procedure to be done by mail.
Rucker said a Kansas resident who has moved to another state also would be helped by the change.
"Because the mail, an absentee ballot takes so long," he said. "More people would possibly vote if they were given an easier way."
Rucker said that absentee ballots could be used, but they required that a person change his or her registration weeks in advance.
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