Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement. (HB1712)
Introduced By
Del. Bill Janis (R-Glen Allen) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Joe Bouchard (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)
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
Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement. Removes the requirement that a federal write-in absentee ballot will only be considered valid for purposes of simultaneously satisfying both an absentee ballot application and a completed absentee ballot for federal offices if the envelope contains the signature of a witness and his printed name and address. The bill provides that the envelope need only contain the signature of the witness in order for the ballot to be considered valid. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/05/2009 | Committee |
| 01/05/2009 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095574804 |
| 01/05/2009 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/15/2009 | Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance |
| 01/21/2009 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) |
| 01/23/2009 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/23/2009 | Committee substitute printed 095605568-H1 |
| 01/26/2009 | Read first time |
| 01/27/2009 | Read second time |
| 01/27/2009 | Committee substitute agreed to 095605568-H1 |
| 01/27/2009 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1712H1 |
| 01/28/2009 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 01/28/2009 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/29/2009 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/17/2009 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2009 | Read third time |
| 02/20/2009 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/20/2009 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/20/2009 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2009 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/20/2009 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2009 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/23/2009 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/23/2009 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2009 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2009 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/25/2009 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/26/2009 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
| 02/26/2009 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/09/2009 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2009 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1712ER) |
| 03/10/2009 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2009 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/27/2009 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 230 (effective 7/1/09) |
| 03/27/2009 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.