Overseas voting bill clears first hurdle | Montgomery Advertiser

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A bill to expand voting options for military and overseas voters made it through its first legislative committee Wednesday with no major changes.

The bill is championed by Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force that she chairs.

The bill, HB711, would establish five methods of requesting ballots -- mail, e-mail, fax, secure transmission (kiosks) and commercial carriers. Ballots could be returned in four ways -- mail, fax, secure electronic transmission and commercial carriers.