Foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections. [HB-1812]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Elections; foreign interference in elections; registration, Elections; foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election; penalty. Requires the Attorney General to provide assessments and reports on foreign interference, defined in the bill, in elections in the Commonwealth to the Governor and the General Assembly and to levy or recommend appropriate sanctions against any such foreign governments found to be interfering in elections in the Commonwealth. The bill also repeals the provision that allows persons
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HB-1812: Foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marie E. March
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/07/2023
Voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles; optional transmission of information. [HB-1793]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles; optional transmission of information. Provides that customers of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be presented with the option to have their relevant information transmitted to the Department of Elections for voter registration purposes in accordance with federal law. Currently, this information is transmitted unless the DMV customer specifically declines to have such information transmitted.
HB-1793: Voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles; optional transmission of information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Bevans Ransone
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 6-n) on 02/14/2023
Voter registration; final day of registration, notice requirements. [HB-1683]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Voter registration; final day of registration; notice requirements. Requires notice of the last day of voter registration to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city, if one is available. Such notice is also required to be posted on the official website of the county or city. Voter registration; final day of registration; notice requirements. Requires notice of the last day of voter registration to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city, if one is available.
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HB-1683: Voter registration; final day of registration, notice requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Bevans Ransone
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0535) on 03/26/2023
Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records, required affirmation. [HB-1680]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records; required affirmation. Requires the Department of Elections to prescribe procedures for the handling and counting of ballots cast by persons who register to vote on the day of the election, including a requirement that such person affirm, subject to felony penalties for making false statements, that he is not intentionally voting more than once in the same election, whether in the same or a different jurisdiction, and that he is not intentionally registering to vote at more
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HB-1680: Voter registration; registration after the close of registration records, required affirmation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Bevans Ransone
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 6-n) on 02/14/2023
Voter registration; registering in person up to and including the day of the election. [SB-967]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
Voter registration; registering in person up to and including the day of the election; limited to certain persons. Provides that only members of a uniformed service, as defined in relevant law, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and spouses or dependents of such members or persons are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records in person up to and including the day of the election. Under current law, any person who is qualified to register to vote is entitled to register to vote after the
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SB-967: Voter registration; registering in person up to and including the day of the election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce E. Reeves
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (10-y 4-n) on 01/17/2023
Voter registration; verification of social security numbers, provisional registration status. [SB-965]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; verification of social security numbers; provisional registration status. Requires the general registrar to verify that the name, date of birth, and social security number provided by an applicant on the voter registration application match the information on file in the Social Security Administration database or other database approved by the State Board of Elections before registering such applicant. If the information provided by the applicant does not match the information on file in such database, the applicant (i) is provisionally
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SB-965: Voter registration; verification of social security numbers, provisional registration status.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce E. Reeves
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 5-n) on 01/17/2023
Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election. [SB-884]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election. Repeals provisions of law permitting registration on election day; requires an excuse to vote absentee; removes the option to vote absentee in person; requires absentee ballots to either be accompanied by a copy of an approved form of identification or be notarized; requires absentee ballots returned to drop boxes to be returned by the voter; requires absentee ballots to be received by the general registrar by the close of polls on election day in order to be counted; requires presentation
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SB-884: Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda F. Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 5-n) on 01/31/2023
Voter registration; noncitizens of the United States, penalty. [SB-878]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Voter registration; noncitizens of the United States; penalty. Provides that a person who is not a citizen of the United States is not entitled to register to vote and makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to intentionally procure, assist, or induce another to register to vote knowing that such person is not a United States citizen.
SB-878: Voter registration; noncitizens of the United States, penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett W. Hanger
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 5-n) on 01/17/2023
Voter registration; cancellation for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote, deadline. [HB-1377]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration; cancellation for persons known Voter registration; cancellation for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote; deadline. Requires the general registrar to cancel the voter registration of persons known by him to be deceased or disqualified to vote within seven days of discovering that the person is no longer entitled to be registered. Current law directs the general registrar to cancel a voter's registration for certain reasons and on the basis of certain information; the bill retains those requirements.
HB-1377: Voter registration; cancellation for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote, deadline.
Sponsored by: Sen. John J. McGuire
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (8-y 6-n) on 02/14/2023
HB-406: Voting, automatic voter registration, process established
Sponsored by: Rep. Dexter Grimsley
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Constitution, Campaigns And Elections on 02/24/2022
HB-257: Voting, automatic voter registration, process established
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince Chestnut
Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Constitution, Campaigns And Elections on 02/03/2022
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration, effective date. [SB-767]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who is convicted of a felony and sentenced to a period of incarceration for such felony conviction is not entitled to register to vote or to vote for the duration of the period of incarceration, but that he is to be invested with all political rights lost as a result of the felony conviction upon release from incarceration and is thereafter entitled to register to vote. The bill requires the Department of Corrections
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SB-767: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration, effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie E. Locke
Left In Privileges And Elections on 03/08/2022
Relating To Voting. [SB-2177]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows an individual who is seventeen years of age but will be eighteen years of age on or before the next general election to register and vote at the primary election immediately preceding that general election and in any co-occurring or intervening special election. Takes effect upon ratification of an appropriate constitutional amendment.
SB-2177: Relating To Voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura
Referred To Jdc. on 01/21/2022
Voter registration; lists of registered voters provided to registered voters. [SB-588]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Elections; voter registration; lists of registered voters; provided to registered voters. Provides that the Department of Elections must provide the lists for their districts to any registered voter of the Commonwealth for a reasonable charge not to exceed its actual cost incurred in supplying the requested records.
SB-588: Voter registration; lists of registered voters provided to registered voters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda F. Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Privileges And Elections (9-y 6-n) on 02/01/2022