Provisional ballots; voters unable to vote in person or by absentee ballot due to hospitalization. (HB343)

Introduced By

Del. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Elections; provisional ballots for voters unable to vote in person or by absentee ballot due to hospitalization. Permits a voter who is hospitalized after the deadline for receiving an emergency application and absentee ballot pursuant to 24.2-706 but before the close of polls on election day to cast a provisional ballot. The bill requires the hospitalized voter and his designated representative to sign a statement that the voter is hospitalized and unable to vote in person or by absentee ballot, and upon receipt of such statement, the general registrar provides a paper ballot, to be filled out by the hospitalized voter and returned by his designated representative to the general registrar by the close of polls on election day. At the meeting of the electoral board to determine the validity of provisional ballots offered in the election, the voter, his designated representative, or both shall present a valid form of identification and a certification by a hospital administrator or the licensed physician who attended the voter that the voter was hospitalized after the deadline for receiving an emergency application and absentee ballot but before the close of polls on election day. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/02/2014Committee
01/02/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102565D
01/02/2014Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/06/2014Impact statement from VCSC (HB343)
01/10/2014Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
01/23/2014Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 5-N)
02/12/2014Left in Privileges and Elections

Comments

ACLU-VA Voting Rights, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation that expands opportunities for qualified individuals to vote and to have that ballot counted.