Video & Transcript Research : 'mail ballot'
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AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 14th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Keywords:
Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers, diversity, government oversight, Sunset Law, congressional districts, HB77, absentee voting, absentee ballot, disabled voter, disability accommodation, voter assistance, ballot delivery, ballot application, designee, caregiver, election manager, vote by mail, mail ballot, ballot harvesting, voter access
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There's no mail voting. We could create a system for mail ballots.
- Yes, there is a way to add in a mail ballot process if that's something that the bill author desires.
- Making sure that mail-in ballots are available.
- Some mail-ballot additions that we would like to see for our elderly voters, and that's... because anecdotally
- So they may be the ones that go to fill out their mail ballot application, find out if this law is passed
Keywords:
HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and get them flattened, especially mail ballots because...
- time for the voter to cure their mail-in ballot.
- I also want to find out, like, how would we open that many mail ballots?
- In 2022 they had... hundred thousand ballot-by-mail votes.
- And it's almost just like a vote-by-mail ballot.
Keywords:
early voting, ballot correction, voting rights, election integrity, mail-in voting, voter notification, HB 766, precinct chair, precinct chair candidate, ballot application, Texas Election Code, Section 172.021, election administration, candidate filing, party precinct chair, county party, political party office, email address, telephone number, confidential candidate information
TX
Bills:
SB 1065, SB 2117, SB 2217, SB 2363, SB 2533, SB 2742, SB 2743, SB 2881, SB 2964, SB 3013, SB 3014
Keywords:
election procedures, voting systems, ballot counting, voter registration, electronic voting, electioneering, public funds, political advertising, civil penalties, school district, election offenses, prosecution, criminal procedure, district attorney, disqualification, voting by mail, election process, ballot correction, voter notification, electoral integrity
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The second box is the ballot box, where you make yourself heard.
- They're putting Democrats on the Republican ballot and Republicans on the Democrat ballot.
- We still have to put everybody on the ballot and go through the process. Is that right?
- Excuse me, just so they can get on the ballot.
- And asked for our nomination, which would have put him on the general ballot twice.
Bills:
SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38
Keywords:
evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- People voted the same ballot style.
- board to review mail-in ballot carrier envelopes to determine whether to accept or reject a mail-in
- ballot.
- ballot application.
- To a mail ballot envelope.
Bills:
SB38, SB287, SB291, SB292, SB508, SB618, SB901, SB1436, SB1494, SB1626, SB1719, SB1999, SB1333, SB 38
Keywords:
evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To receive the mail and receive these ballots, and then we're just gonna throw out more Texans' ballots
- The mail ballots being received late is the number one reason ballots are thrown out.
- Currently, mail ballots must be received by 5 p.m. on the first mail delivery day after Election Day,
- And there's not a private issue with these types of ballots, because these mail ballots, those... lists
- of who gets mail ballots can be provided, anyway, upon request.
Keywords:
voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We had several candidates get knocked off the ballot for not paying this poll tax or other tax.
- I'm from Dallas County, where our commissioners regularly go unchallenged on the ballot.
Keywords:
voting access, polling place, disability, caretaker provisions, ballot delivery, election code, HB 2253, Texas Election Code, bond election, bond issuance, local government, election cancellation, disaster declaration, natural disaster, emergency election, county election officer, polling place notice, open meeting, election workers, voter safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
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file <00:56:32.799>reports <00: - the purpose of influencing u a ballot the purpose of influencing u a ballot question<00:56:46.000
- The sample ballot is the one that most people know.
- of the sample ballot.
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't really have absentee ballots anymore. There's simply all mail ballots.
- Still cast her ballot through the mail in that way.
- We're talking about mail ballots when it comes to the numbers.
- Your mail ballot has to be filled out properly.
- Mail ballots can be mailed in or dropped off for a period of four weeks, early voting lasts for two weeks
Bills:
AB49, AB169, AB188, AB284, AB296, AB306, AB356, AB366, AB467, AB499, AB515, AB540, AB542, AB595
Keywords:
educational personnel, teacher licensing, reciprocal licensure, provisional teaching, school counselors, school nurses, school social workers, state education standards, health insurance, speech-language pathology, stuttering, rehabilitative services, habilitative services, coverage requirements, health plans, retired public employees, subsidy, Medicare, health reimbursement arrangement, Public Employees' Benefits Program
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- by mail.
- This bill will simply allow registered voters to fill out their application for a ballot by mail online
- So, I'm all for trying to help. ...help seniors and people get applications or get a ballot by mail.
- This would cause problems and probably end up rejecting a lot of vote by mail ballots because the signatures
- ballot batches.
Keywords:
Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections May 29th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Legislative Operations and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- That may occur between the final day to request a mail ballot and Election Day.
- universal mail ballots were passed, conform it to current law, and use that process.
- My question is regarding the mail ballots.
- Getting those mail ballots counted, all of the mail ballots that come in before Election Day, having
- First, Section 12, which refers to mail ballot counting by the counting board and states, quote, the
Keywords:
election reform, voter accessibility, conditional ballots, voter registration, mechanical voting systems, election audits, voter access grants, provisional ballot, voting technology, AB562, Nevada, Secretary of State, elections, elections management system, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, automatic voter registration, AVR, election technology, state appropriations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- existing number assigned to the mail-in ballots as opposed to mandating a new unique identity.
- Mail-in ballot. Now, I'm 67 years old.
- There are so many things that are required to be on an application for a ballot by mail that they can
- Because we found that when SB 1 passed, I heard percentages as high as 40% of mail-in ballots were rejected
- If I go to my elections office and I say, "I would like an application for a ballot by mail for my mom
Keywords:
voter ID, citizenship proof, provisional ballot, election security, Texas, voting rights, deep fakes, misleading videos, election integrity, criminal offense, digital misinformation, deep fake, political manipulation, misinformation, artificial media, political influence, artificially generated media, election influence, Texas Election Code, healthcare reform
TX
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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for <00:56:53.599>starters.
Keywords:
homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative
TX
Bills:
HB18, HB742, HB754, HB1644, HB2187, HB1887, HB 1275, HB37, HB1503, HB1699, HB1700, HB2735, HB1741, HB1731, HB1675, HB18, HB37
Keywords:
rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting, good faith report
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 23rd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Bills:
HB50
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, permit to carry, concealed carry, handgun permit, firearm permit, pistol training, sheriff, application process, electronic filing, mail application, fax submission, certified mail, certified delivery, gun rights, Second Amendment, firearms regulation