Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting. (SB1334)

Introduced By

Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville)

Progress

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

Description

Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting preparations. Authorizes electoral board to give general registrar the option to expedite preparations for counting optical scan absentee ballots returned by mail. The board can authorize verifying completion of the required affirmation, marking pollbook, and inserting ballots in optical scan equipment in presence of officers of election representing both parties without initiating any vote counts. 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. Amends § 28.2-1203, § 28.2-603, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Status

03/09/2007: signed by governor

History

  • 01/15/2007 Presented and ordered printed 079260808
  • 01/15/2007 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/25/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 01/26/2007 Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/29/2007 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2007 Communicated to House
  • 02/05/2007 Placed on Calendar
  • 02/05/2007 Read first time
  • 02/05/2007 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/09/2007 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/12/2007 Read second time
  • 02/13/2007 Passed by for the day
  • 02/14/2007 Read third time
  • 02/14/2007 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/14/2007 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 02/14/2007 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2007 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2007 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/22/2007 Enrolled
  • 02/22/2007 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1334ER)
  • 02/23/2007 Signed by Speaker
  • 02/24/2007 Signed by President
  • 03/09/2007 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/07)
  • 03/14/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)