Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board. (HB38)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)
Progress
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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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Description
Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board. Broadens the type of certification of mailing required when sending absentee ballot materials to include certification of expedited mailing or delivery by commercial delivery providers as well as the United States Postal Service. Amends § 24.2-706 (“Duty of general registrar and electoral board on receipt of application; statement of voter.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
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Comments
Permitting any private person which includes corporations to deliver absentee ballots to an absentee ballot polling place is hazardous to the democratic system.
Absentee ballots are an exception to the logic of the democratic process where people gather together to elect their officials where their neighbors can see that no coercion is applied to the voter.
Lets not get carried away with the free enterprise system to the extent that is advanced in this bill.
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