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HB2287: Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting.

Chief Patron

Del. Vivian Watts (D-39)

Vivian Watts (D-39)
Annandale, VA
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/12/2007: signed by governor

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Summary

Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting. Authorizes electoral board to give general registrar the option to expedite counting absentee ballots returned by mail. The board can authorize verifying completion of the required affirmation, marking pollbook, and recording vote by optical scan in presence of officers of election representing both parties. The measure requires registrars who discover missing affirmations more than two weeks before election day to attempt to notify voters to give them an opportunity to correct the deficiency.

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