FISCAL NOTE

Senate Bill 147 as introduced requires absentee election managers to notify applicants for absentee ballots, by mail, regarding the reason their absentee application was not appropriately completed along with a new application and provisional ballot. This provision would increase the expenses of absentee election managers that are paid for by county general funds by an undetermined amount dependent upon the number of notifications and the increase in the number of applications and provisional ballots that would be required to be sent by mail. These funds may be reimbursed by the State General Fund, in whole or in part, if the election includes a statewide ballot measure. This bill could also increase the administrative obligations of the Secretary of State by an undetermined amount to adopt rules.