Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
The Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs committee unanimously moved a fix shifting caucus-accessibility fines off volunteers and onto the parties to the consent calendar, then heard hours of sharply divided testimony on local electronic ballot return before the sponsor asked to shelve it until after session.
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“what the result of that, that both parties realized was that they were losing volunteers because volunteers then started realizing, wow, I could be liable for a $3,500 fine if I, if the Internet goes down and I'm not giving remote access at a caucus.”
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Sign in to subscribeWe will begin with House Bill 1023. Thank you to the sponsors, Senator Bazley and Majority Leader Rodriguez. Would one of you, Senator Basley, please kick us off, sir? Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, members. Honored to be appear before you and to present House Bill 26, 1023. The purpose of this bill is to move the, the liability for, for not getting it just right. When it comes to accessibility during caucus and assembly processes for the parties, it moves that liability from the volunteers to the party themselves. So I'm going to walk through it in a little more detail right now. So a couple of years ago, a bill was moved into law, signed into law, that requires access to remote access for those who require that for ability purposes to access caucus and assembly. So that's levied on both the major parties, of course, and what the result of that, that both parties realized was that they were losing volunteers because volunteers then started realizing, wow, I could be liable for a $3,500 fine if I, if the Internet goes down and I'm not giving remote access at a caucus. So this seeks to…
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