Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  859

BY: Representative Sanford

AMEND by inserting the following new section after line 1160 and by renumbering all succeeding sections accordingly:

SECTION 26.  (1)  The Secretary of State shall require, at the close of business on each day during the period that in-person absentee voting is conducted, the Office of the Circuit Clerk to cause a daily report to be generated and printed by the OMR equipment tabulating the total number of absentee ballots that were cast in person that day. 

     (2)  The circuit clerk shall make the daily report required under subsection (1) of this section available to the public upon request.

AMEND FURTHER THE TITLE by inserting immediately after the semicolon on line 41 the following:  TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT CLERK TO CAUSE A DAILY REPORT TABULATING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IN-PERSON ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST THAT DAY TO BE PRINTED BY THE OMR EQUIPMENT AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC;