Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. (SB954)

Introduced By

Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg) with support from co-patron Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)

Progress

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

Description

Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. Allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without providing an excuse for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the statutory list of specific reasons allowing a voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail. Read the Bill »

Status

02/03/2015: Merged into SB677

History

DateAction
01/09/2015Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102380D
01/09/2015Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/20/2015Assigned to P&E sub: Elections
01/22/2015Impact statement from DPB (SB954)
02/03/2015Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (SB677-Howell) (12-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB677, HB1394 and HB1992.

Comments

Carol Lindstrom writes:

Fair and equal for all.

ACLU of Virginia writes:

The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation that expands the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot without having to provide a reason or excuse; however this bill only applies to in-person absentee ballot voters. There are too many Virginia voters who do not have access to in-person absentee voting locations because of disabilities, lack of transportation, or work schedules that conflict with in-person absentee voting hours. No-excuse absentee voting should be available to all qualified voters through the mail and by in-person methods.