Military-overseas ballots; electronic return, pilot program to be established. (HB1139)

Introduced By

Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave) with support from co-patron Del. Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper)

Progress

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

Description

Electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot program. Directs the Commissioner of Elections to establish and supervise a pilot program by which an active duty member of a uniformed service who has been called to duty for deployment overseas and is a registered voter of a county or city participating in the pilot program may return his voted military-overseas ballot by electronic means. The Commissioner is required to promulgate standards and develop procedures for the secure transmission and return, storage, and processing of voted military-overseas ballots, including security measures, methods for verifying and authenticating a voter's identity, and encryption methods for the voted ballots. Counties and cities participating in the pilot program are required to participate in a security review after each election. In each year of the pilot program, the Commissioner is required to conduct a security assessment and update the security measures for the pilot program. The bill also requires that voters eligible to return their military-overseas ballots by electronic means through the pilot program be permitted to sign the statement of voter and any other documents related to absentee voting using the digital signature associated with their respective Common Access Cards issued by the U.S. Department of Defense. The pilot program is in effect for elections held on and after January 1, 2019. The Commissioner is required to submit a report on or before December 1, 2023, on the outcomes of the pilot program and to include a recommendation whether to implement the electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots on a permanent, statewide basis. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2023. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/10/2018Committee
01/10/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103008D
01/10/2018Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/19/2018Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
02/06/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB1139)
02/07/2018Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
02/13/2018Left in Appropriations