Voter registration; required information on application form. (HB9)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg) with support from co-patrons Del. Rick Morris (R-Carrollton), and Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale)
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
Voter registration; application; form and required information. Specifies in greater detail the information that applicants for voter registration are required to provide on the voter registration application form. The bill also requires the general registrars to deny the application of any applicant who fails to provide his full name or indicate that he does not have a middle name; fails to provide his gender, date of birth, or social security number or indicate that he does not have a social security number; fails to provide his citizenship status or provides that he is not a U.S. citizen; fails to provide his residence address or indicate rural residence location or homelessness; fails to provide information regarding the circumstances of restoration of his voting rights after felony convictions, if any, or adjudications of mental incapacity, if any; fails to provide previous voter registration information or indicate lack thereof; or fails to indicate that he will be, or indicates that he will not be, at least 18 years of age on or before the date of the next general election. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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11/16/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100569D |
11/16/2015 | Committee |
11/16/2015 | Committee |
11/16/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100569D |
11/16/2015 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/14/2016 | Assigned to sub: Subcommittee Elections |
01/14/2016 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee Elections |
01/14/2016 | Assigned P & E sub: |
01/15/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB9) |
02/02/2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) |
02/05/2016 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (14-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2016 | Read first time |
02/09/2016 | Read second time |
02/09/2016 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/09/2016 | Engrossed by House as amended HB9E |
02/09/2016 | Printed as engrossed 16100569D-E |
02/10/2016 | Read third time and passed House (64-Y 31-N) |
02/10/2016 | VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 31-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2016 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/23/2016 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (7-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2016 | Read third time |
02/26/2016 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/26/2016 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/26/2016 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/26/2016 | Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/29/2016 | Placed on Calendar |
03/01/2016 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (59-Y 33-N) |
03/01/2016 | VOTE: ADOPTION (59-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
03/02/2016 | Enrolled |
03/02/2016 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB9ER) |
03/02/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB9ER) |
03/02/2016 | Signed by Speaker |
03/05/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016 |
03/05/2016 | Signed by President |
03/07/2016 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/16 |
03/07/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
03/23/2016 | G Vetoed by Governor |
04/20/2016 | Placed on Calendar |
04/20/2016 | House sustained Governor's veto (66-Y 34-N) |
04/20/2016 | VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (66-Y 34-N) |
04/20/2016 | Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 6 minutes.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
THOSE OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE GUARDIAN OF THE INDIVIDUAL. I ASK THAT WE ACCEPT THE HOUSE AMENDMENTS WITH MAKES IT IDENTICAL TO A BILL PREVIOUSLY PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE.Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE CONCUR WITH THE RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
[Unknown]: AYES 39, NOS 0. AYES 39, NOS 0. THE SCIENCE CONCURS WITH THE HOUSE -- SENATE CONCURS WITH THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTE. SENATE BILL 543 PASSED THE HOUSE WITH AMENDMENT. SENATOR FROM ROCKINGHAM, SENATOR OBENSHAIN. I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE AMENDMENT BE AGREED TO. THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY CLARIFIES THAT THIS BILL IS NOT TO BE RETROACTIVELY APPLIED.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
[Unknown]: AYES 39, NOS 0. AYES 39, NOS 0. THE SENATE CONCURS WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT. SENATE BILL 567 PASSED THE HOUSE WITH AMENDMENT. SENATOR FROM SOUTHERN FAIRFAX COUNTY, SENATOR BARKER. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT. THIS IS A BILL THAT DEALS WITH
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg): STANDARD ACROSS THE STATE FOR WHAT MUST BE INCLUDED ON A VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION FOR IT TO BE ACCEPTED. IT DOES NOT ADD ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS. AND WILL BE ACCEPTED AS A COMPLETE APPLICATION. IT'S UP TO THE LEGISLATION ON WHAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO ONE LOCATION MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE IN ANOTHER. SO I'M DISAPPOINTED AND I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A NONCONTROVERSIAL BILL. AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES A UNIFORM STANDARD ACROSS THE STATE. AND I MOVE WE OVERRIDE THE
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia opposes this bill.
This encodes in law things that should be up to the State Board of Elections to settle on. For instance this:
This is really dumb. In Virginia people can register to vote online. If this bill passes, it precludes a better system from being built online. For instance, the very first step in the registration process could be to ask somebody "Will you be 18 years of age on or before March 1, 2016?", with big "yes" and "no" buttons. If they answer "no," then they are informed that they are not eligible to vote, and the the process ends. But, under this law, instead you have to have check boxes not buttons. Check boxes are the wrong UI element on a website—you'd want to use either radio buttons or, again, big actual buttons. And the question could be worded dynamically, to insert the next election date, instead of expecting the applicant to know the date of the next election. None of that would be permitted, under this law. Better still, the applicant could just enter their birthdate, and the website could do the math for them. Again, not allowed.
I know what Del. Cole is going for here, but he seems to be unaware that the registration process does not exist solely on paper. What he's advocating for makes zero sense for the 2016 voter registration process.
I'm not sure voter fraud is something that: A. exists & B. requires the state's time $money$ or attention. I consider this bill offensive and as they said above "stupid"
I do not understand why failure to disclose a middle name is so significant. People often assume a woman will use her maiden name as middle name, but many don't. What about folks who so rarely use a middle name that they don't even think about it. Is this a "gotcha" question, or would the registrar actually ask aloud if there is a middle name? This bill seems to be aimed at reducing the number of voters. I too would like to know how many illegal efforts there are at voting during any Virginia state or national election.