Elections; electoral board of city contained within one county may appoint city general registrar. (HB1832)
Introduced By
Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville)
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Description
Elections; general registrars; their appointment, qualification, and term; vacancies; and prohibitions. Provides that the electoral board of a city that is wholly contained within one county may appoint a qualified voter of that county to serve as city general registrar. Cities wholly contained within one county include Bedford City, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Covington, Danville, Emporia, Fairfax City, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Manassas, Martinsville, Norton, Roanoke City, Salem, Staunton, Waynesboro, and Winchester. Amends § 24.2-110 (“Appointment, qualifications, and term of general registrar; vacancies; certain prohibitions.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
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Comments
If the State would pay the registrars a competetive wage, the electoral boards would not have to go outside of the locality to find qualified people!
If this bill passes could a single individual hold the office and collect the salaries of both the City and the County?
Does it work the other way? ie allowing a county to appoint a resident of a surrounded city as registrar of the county?
The system in place to make sure that the registrar has a vested interest in the books that he is maintaining, The simple principle that the registrar must be a voter of the locality he represents should not be changed.