Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (SB7)
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Description
Elections; absentee voting. Extends to persons with any disability or illness, rather than only a "physical" disability or illness, the ability to obtain an absentee ballot and provides a definition for "person with a disability." Amends § 24.2-101 (“Definitions.”), § 24.2-700 (“Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot.”), § 24.2-701 (“Application for absentee ballot.”), § 24.2-703.1 (“Special annual applications for absentee ballots for certain ill or disabled voters.”), § 24.2-703.2 (“Replacement absentee ballots for certain disabled or ill voters; penalty.”), § 24.2-704 (“Applications and ballots for persons requiring assistance in voting; penalty.”), § 24.2-705 (“Emergency applications and absentee ballots for persons incapacitated or hospitalized.”), § 24.2-705.1 (“Late applications and in-person absentee voting for business and medical emergencies.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
03/26/2008: Passed the General Assembly
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Comments
Senator Deeds is on a roll with extending the rights of voters this cycle. Way to go!
This is a terrific bill, I hope it passes. As a person with a disability/chronic illness that has in the past required dialysis 3 times a week including Tuesdays, this would be a great help when/if I go back on dialysis.
Yeah, we wouldn't want to pass any pro-disability rights legislation this year, would we? Shame.