Delaware House Bill 98 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on June 27 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-06-27 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill is designed to update the Town of Viola Charter to conform with current practice and/or with State law regarding municipal elections. The bill (i) changes the method of selection for election judges (which correspond in State law to Election officers); (ii) provides that residents eighteen years old or older may vote in municipal elections; (iii) deletes an indicated deadline regarding filing of a statement of candidacy, in order to conform with State law, which requires that a Notice of Election, including names of candidates, must be posted no later than twenty days prior to an election, and (iv) provides that the governing body of the Town may, but is not required to, allow for the use of absentee ballots.

An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware Relating To The Charter Of The Town Of Viola.

Sen. David Lawson [R]

Rep. William Outten [R]

2011-06-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-12 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-27		Signed by Governor
2011-06-15		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2011-05-31		Assigned to Community/County Affairs Committee in Senate
2011-05-12		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-05-11		Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2011-05-03		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/6dc68e15bb7ab4888525787300674218?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+98/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/c6f74d4c64b1c1dc8525788e0074df60?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/fe2496c0290ec578852578b00071a57f?OpenDocument