Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote. (HB1069)

Introduced By

Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville)

Progress

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

Description

Primary elections; voter registration by political party.  Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2013, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time before the registration records are closed prior to an election. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board of Elections by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party primary. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/11/2012Committee
01/11/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100798D
01/11/2012Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/17/2012Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
01/23/2012Impact statement from DPB (HB1069)
02/06/2012Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB628-LeMunyon)
02/14/2012Left in Privileges and Elections

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB62 and HB1051.

Comments

Greg Mathieson writes:

This just allows the political parties to target voters. Don't we have more important thing to work on in Richmond. What ever happened to closing down the ABC stores and saving some 200 million.