House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustment in Culpeper County. [HB-295]
[Elections ]
House of Delegates districts; technical adjustment. Changes district assignment of certain census blocks in Culpeper County from District 18 to District 30 in order to include all of the new East Fairfax Precinct in District 30. Both districts remain within one percent deviation from the ideal district population.
HB-295: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustment in Culpeper County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
House: Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 02/10/2012
House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries. [HB-259]
[Elections ]
House of Delegates districts; technical adjustments. Makes technical changes in House of Delegates Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 67, 75, 87, and 99 in order to eliminate split voting precincts and otherwise facilitate administration of legislative elections by local officials. All districts remain within one percent deviation of the ideal population.
HB-259: House of Delegates Districts; technical adjustments in boundaries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Privileges And Elections on 03/08/2012
Polling places; requirements for county precinct. [HB-21]
[Elections ]
Elections; polling place requirements. Permits a polling place for a county precinct to be located in a city wholly contained within the county on property owned by the county.
HB-21: Polling places; requirements for county precinct.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0488) on 04/04/2012
Campaign practices; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members. [HB-168]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Finance ]
Campaign finance; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members. Requires any member of the General Assembly who leaves office for any reason to file his final campaign finance report and disburse all surplus funds within six months of leaving office. A member with campaign debts at the time of leaving office is required to file the final report within six months of leaving office or within two months of repaying the debts, whichever time is later.
HB-168: Campaign practices; final disposition of surplus funds by General Assembly members.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
House: Continued To 2013 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/10/2012
Civil rights; automatically restored to certain persons for eligibilty to register to vote. [HB-16]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (excepting felony drug and election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence, including any term of probation or parole, and the payment of all restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed as a result of the felony conviction.
HB-16: Civil rights; automatically restored to certain persons for eligibilty to register to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House: Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/14/2012
Party identification on ballots; requirement extends to local elections. [HB-157]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Elections; party identification on ballots; local elections. Extends to local elections the requirement that ballots identify the nominating political party for party candidates and identify independent candidates as such. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
HB-157: Party identification on ballots; requirement extends to local elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
Redistricting local districts; local government may exclude prison populations from its calculation. [HB-13]
[Elections ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Elections; redistricting local districts; prison populations. Provides that the local governing body may exclude from its calculations in drawing local districts for decennial redistricting the population of certain adult correctional facilities. The bill includes federal and regional, as well as state, adult correctional facilities and allows the exclusion of the facility population if it exceeds 12 percent of the ideal population of an election district for the locality.
HB-13: Redistricting local districts; local government may exclude prison populations from its calculation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0357) on 03/23/2012
Electoral college; candidates for President who win popular vote will receive votes of electors. [HB-1171]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Electoral college. Provides that the Commonwealth's votes in the electoral college shall be allocated by the popular vote statewide and in each congressional district. The candidates for President and Vice President who win the popular statewide vote will receive the votes of the two statewide electors, and the candidates who win the popular vote in each congressional district will receive the vote of that district's elector. Maine and Nebraska allocate electoral college votes in this manner.
HB-1171: Electoral college; candidates for President who win popular vote will receive votes of electors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
Congressional districts; petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices. [HB-1151]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices. Provides that the petition requirement for statewide office candidates of 400 signatures from each congressional district may be met on the basis of the existing congressional districts if the new decennial congressional redistricting plan has not been enacted and approved for implementation under §5 of the Voting Rights Act before January 1 of the election year. The bill further provides that references to the usual June primary date in a petition will not be cause to invalidate the petition
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HB-1151: Congressional districts; petition requirements for candidates for statewide offices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0791) on 04/18/2012
Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators. [HB-1133]
[Elections ]
Candidate petitions in primaries and general elections. Provides that candidate petitions in primaries and general elections must be witnessed by a legal resident of the Commonwealth who attests that he is not a minor or a felon whose voting rights have not been restored. Current law requires that the petition witness must be eligible to vote for the office for which the petition is being circulated. The bill also provides that presidential candidates are eligible to witness their own petitions. The bill contains an emergency clause.
HB-1133: Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0538) on 04/04/2012
Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc. [HB-1132]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Elections and ballots. Allows write-in votes in primary elections when the duly constituted political party authorities have authorized write-in votes.
HB-1132: Primary elections; allows write-in votes, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Privileges And Elections (15-y 0-n) on 02/21/2012
Elections; persons eligible to obtain lists of persons voting. [HB-1118]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Nonprofit ]
Elections; persons eligible to obtain lists of persons voting at primaries and elections. Allows access to the lists for all political purposes by members of the public and nonprofit organizations as well as by candidates, elected officials, and political party chairmen.
HB-1118: Elections; persons eligible to obtain lists of persons voting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Riley Ingram
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0664) on 04/06/2012
Civil rights; automatically restored to certain persons for eligibilty to register to vote. [HB-1098]
[Voting Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
Restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (excepting election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence, including any term of probation or parole, and the payment of all restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed as a result of the felony conviction.
HB-1098: Civil rights; automatically restored to certain persons for eligibilty to register to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
House: Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/14/2012
Persons entitled to register and vote; person shall be deemed a resident of State. [HB-1085]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
Persons entitled to register and vote. Provides that any person who registers to vote in the Commonwealth shall be deemed to be a resident of the Commonwealth for the purpose of being licensed to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth. The bill also requires that any person registering to vote disclose on his application whether he is licensed to operate a motor vehicle in another state or country, and the general registrar shall send a list of all applicants so licensed to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
HB-1085: Persons entitled to register and vote; person shall be deemed a resident of State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
Voter identification requirements; provisional ballot to be offered if voter has no photo ID. [HB-1084]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter identification requirements; photo ID; provisional ballots. Requires photo ID at the polls. The bill eliminates the provision that allows a voter to sign a sworn statement that he is the named registered voter he claims to be in lieu of showing identification and provides instead for the voter to cast a provisional ballot if he cannot show identification.
HB-1084: Voter identification requirements; provisional ballot to be offered if voter has no photo ID.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012
Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote. [HB-1069]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
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
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HB-1069: Primary elections; adds party affiliation to application when registering to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Anderson
House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/14/2012