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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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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
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.