Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

summary

This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee. Current law provides for certain circumstances when a voter is permitted to request an absentee ballot after the 3rd business day preceding election day. One of those circumstances is when a voter attests that the voter will be unexpectedly absent from the municipality during the entire time the polls are open on election day. The amendment provides that an application for an absentee ballot may be accepted after the deadline if the voter will be absent on election day without the voter attesting that the absence was unexpected.