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2000 SESSION
SB 139 Elections; procedures at the polls; voter identification.
Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Elections; procedures at the polls; voter identification. Adds a requirement that the voter present a form of identification when he offers to vote at the polls. The required identification may be any one of the following: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card, his social security card, or any pre-printed form of identification which shows his name and address, name and signature, or name and photograph (for example, a driver’s license). If a voter cannot present identification, he may still vote if he signs a statement, subject to felony penalties, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Under present law, this voter identification requirement applies only to certain first-time voters who have registered by mail and in certain challenged vote situations. The bill also deletes a provision enacted in 1999 that provided for a pilot project in up to ten jurisdictions to test the voter identification process. In October 1999, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the injunction issued by the Richmond City Circuit Court that prohibited implementation of the pilot program at the November 1999 elections in ten counties and cities.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 006871464
- 01/12/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/00 Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/00 Senate: Incorporated in other legislation (SB1-Miller, K.G.)