Priorities for 2025-2026 Legislative Session

Priorities for 2025-2026 Legislative Session

a. Voter Registration Application Form & Registration Procedures.

b. Voter List Maintenance reforms.

c. Eliminate Same Day Registration.

d. Require Proof of Citizenship beginning with the 2026 election.

e. UOCAVA reforms.

f. Make Cast Vote Records & Ballot Images publicly accessible.

g. Comprehensive independent Audit of State Elections every cycle.

h. Voter Identification enforcement- eliminate loopholes.

i. Other Provisions from U.S. Citizens Elections Bill of Rights Election bills that have been filed to date.

(1) H66 Reduce Early Voting Period- would limit EV period to 6 days (Monday thru Sat before an election) [Primary Sponsors- Gable, Tyson, Kidwell, Scott] Support

(2) H93 Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test [Primary Sponsors- T. Brown, Chesser, Buansi, Lowery] Support

(3) H127 Voter Registration Drive Form [Primary Sponsors- Warren, Blackwell, Echevarria, Loftis] Under Review- Modifications being Proposed

(4) H770 Revival & Sponsorship- NCEIT is requesting the following be added to a draft bill being reviewed:

(a) Designated responsibility for the State Board to develop and publish rules under the APA for receiving and timely processing citizen requests for Cast Vote Records;

(b) Language instructing county boards to make these Cast Vote Records available in a common electronic f ile format within five days following the closing of polls; and

(c) Language instructing the State Board to develop and publish rules under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) for incorporating Cast Vote Records into the process for post-election tabulation audits.

(d) Also requesting access to Corresponding Ballot images as well.

(e) NCEIT analysts are researching statutes from other states to provide instructions that ensure deidentification of CVRs and ballot images prior to public access prevent violation of voter privacy.

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