Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions for military. (HB1621)

Introduced By

Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg)

Progress

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

Description

Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. The bill eliminates the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot. Several special provisions concerning military and overseas absentee voters and disabled voters are consolidated in two new provisions. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
11/26/2008Committee
11/26/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095521484
11/26/2008Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/13/2009Impact statement from DPB (HB1621)
01/15/2009Assigned P & E sub: Elections
01/19/2009Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
02/10/2009Left in Privileges and Elections

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB1010.