HB 686 (2025)
Ban public entities from conducting political surveys
This bill is still active.
Requires anyone who requests an absentee ballot to provide a copy of government issued photo identification alongside their absentee ballot application. This bill also requires an absentee ballot application to be notarized. A voter would have to appear in person before the town or city clerk to fix any errors in their original application.
The House rewrote the bill to instead prohibits public entities from conducting or sponsoring political surveys, polls, or questionnaires in their official capacities. There is an exception for "bona fide academic research conducted independently by an institution of higher education."
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