HB2023: Elections; acquisition of voting equipment by localities on or after July 1, 2011.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 24.2-626 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-626. Governing bodies shall acquire electronic voting or counting systems.
The governing body of each county and city shall provide for the use of electronic voting or counting systems, of a kind approved by the State Board, at every precinct and for all elections held in the county, the city, or any part of the county or city.
Each county and city governing body shall purchase, lease, lease purchase, or otherwise acquire such systems and may provide for the payment therefor in the manner it deems proper. Systems of different kinds may be adopted for use and be used in different precincts of the same county or city, or within a precinct or precincts in a county or city, subject to the approval of the State Board.
On and after July 1, 2007, no 2011, any county or city shall may
acquire any direct recording electronic machine (DRE) of a
kind approved by the State Board for use in elections in
the county or city except as provided
herein:
1. DREs acquired prior
to July 1, 2007, may be used in elections in the county or city for the
remainder of their useful life.
2. Any locality that
acquired DREs prior to July 1, 2007, may acquire DREs on a temporary basis to
conduct an election when the existing DRE inventory is insufficient to conduct
the election because all or part of its inventory is under lock or seal as
required by § 24.2-659.
3. Any locality may
acquire DREs from another locality within the Commonwealth, from among their
existing inventories, for the expressed purpose of providing accessible voting
equipment as required by § 24.2-626.1. The local electoral board shall notify
the State Board when acquiring any DRE under this provision and shall certify
to the State Board that the DRE acquired under this provision is necessary to
meet accessible voting requirements.