Absentee voting; duties of general registrar and electoral board. (HB38)

Introduced By

Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)

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; 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, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

  • 12/13/2011 Committee
  • 12/13/2011 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101203D
  • 12/13/2011 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/12/2012 Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
  • 01/17/2012 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 01/18/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB38)
  • 01/20/2012 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/23/2012 Read first time
  • 01/24/2012 Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/25/2012 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2012 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/25/2012 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 01/25/2012 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2012 VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/26/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/26/2012 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/21/2012 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/23/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/24/2012 Read third time
  • 02/24/2012 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/24/2012 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/24/2012 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/28/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB38)
  • 03/01/2012 Enrolled
  • 03/01/2012 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB38ER)
  • 03/01/2012 Signed by Speaker
  • 03/03/2012 Signed by President
  • 03/05/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB38ER)
  • 03/09/2012 Impact statement from DPB (HB38ER)
  • 03/30/2012 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/12)
  • 03/30/2012 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)

Comments

Ed Ablard writes:

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.

Posted 16 months ago.