Elections
West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Secretary of State, vote-by-mail pilot project [HB-4122]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Vote-by- mail Pilot Project Phase 2: Class IV Early Voting by Mail.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Reported In Com. Sub. For H. B. 4108 on 02/19/2010
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Secretary of State, early voting [HB-4121]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of State to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Early Voting in Person Satellite Precincts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Reported In Com. Sub. For H. B. 4108 on 02/19/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Relating to ethical standards for elected and appointed officials and public employees [HB-4042]
[Ethics ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow for improvements to the current Ethics framework by clarifying defined terms, removing exemptions from ethical restrictions for public employees, adding new language controlling payments from non-public sources, adding additional financial disclosure requirements, adding language to prevent subterfuge in financial disclosures and adding new requirements for public officials registering as lobbyists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Armstead Filed For Introduction on 01/15/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Prohibiting a cheif deputy sheriff from engaging in certain political activities [HB-3013]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a chief deputy sheriff from engaging in certain political activities. The bill prohibits a chief deputy sheriff from soliciting contributions from anyone employed in a sheriff's office. The bill also prohibits the chief deputy sheriff from using official authority to influence or interfere with the nomination or election of any candidate or the passage or defeat of a ballot measure. Additionally, the bill prohibits the chief deputy sheriff from coercing anyone to pay, lend or contribute to any organization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl E. Cowles Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Requiring commissioners of the public service commission to be elected [HB-2997]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill to require the three commissioners of the Public Service Commission to be elected to six year terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Louisos Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Prohibiting any member of the Legislature from fund-raising during any session [HB-2993]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit members of the Legislature from fund-raising during any session of the Legislature.
Sponsored by: Rep. Troy Andes Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Abolishing the one-vote straight ticket voting in all general and special elections within West Virginia [HB-2974]
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[Voting Rights ]
This bill shall abolish the one-vote straight-ticket voting in all general and special elections within West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Troy Andes Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Prohibiting the use of touch screen voting machines [HB-2864]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of electronic voting technology that employs "touch screens" or requires the voter to touch a screen with a stylus to cast a vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Keith White Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
West Virginia Public Campaign Financing Act [HB-2764]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a system for public funding of election campaigns for candidates for the State Senate and House of Delegates who agree to and do abide by restrictions on campaign contributions from private sources and limits on campaign spending.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Evans Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Prohibiting elected or appointed officials from using public funds to purchase, distribute or disseminate certain items and publications [HB-2676]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit elected or appointed officials from using public funds to purchase, distribute or disseminate certain items and publications.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol D. Miller Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Requiring write-in candidates for public office to pay a filing fee [HB-2657]
[Elections ]
The purpose of this bill is to require write-in candidates for public office to pay a filing fee for the office sought and to provide for distribution of the fee in the same manner as other candidates.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Lee Pethtel To House Judiciary on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Providing an election to allow resident homeowners, sixty-five years old or older, to defer the payment of property tax increases to their residential property [HB-2575]
[Property Tax ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide an election for county commissions to allow resident homeowners, who are sixty-five years or older, to defer the payment of property tax increases to their residential property during their lifetime.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig P. Blair Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote [HB-2442]
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[Voting Rights ]
The purpose of this bill is to enter West Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Under the compact, the state agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lynn Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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West Virginia 2010 Regular Session
Providing for removal and election of Public Service Commissioners [HB-2016]
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[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the election and removal of Public Service Commissioners, setting terms of office for said commissioners, and otherwise relating to the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Sumner Filed For Introduction on 01/13/2010
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to regulate land development if approved by a majority vote in a countywide election. [SJR-47]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
[Property Tax ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a county to regulate land development if approved by a majority vote in a countywide election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Read First Time on 03/31/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices. [SJR-44]
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Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Duncan Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/11/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a candidate for public office to win by a margin of one percent of the votes cast at the election before the candidate is elected to that office. [SJR-29]
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[Voting Rights ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a candidate for public office to win by a margin of one percent of the votes cast at the election before the candidate is elected to that office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve D. Ogden Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/23/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. [SJR-27]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rodney Ellis Read First Time on 03/13/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices. [SJR-23]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment and for nonpartisan retention elections for those offices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Duncan Read First Time on 03/13/2009
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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session
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Relating to tampering with a direct recording electronic voting machine. [SB-927]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to tampering with a direct recording electronic voting machine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Signed By The Governor on 06/19/2009