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2002 SESSION
HB 985 Voting recount proceedings.
Introduced by: James K. O'Brien, Jr. (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Recount proceedings. Provides that issues of voter eligibility will not be considered in a recount and that rejected conditional and absentee ballots will not be reexamined. The bill provides for a single recount or redetermination of the vote in a recount proceeding and spells out recount steps related to differing types of ballots and voting devices. In the case of optical scan and punchcard tabulators, the printed return sheets shall be accepted unless they are not clear or the court orders a further count. If a further count is ordered, the tabulator shall be programmed to set aside write-in votes, overvotes, and undervotes. The ballots thus set aside and other ballots rejected by the tabulator (e.g. damaged ballots) will be counted by hand. This bill incorporates recommendations of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Virginia's Election Process and Voting Technologies (HJR 681/SJR 363 -- 2001). This bill is identical to SB 112.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 020624872 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/02 House: Printed as engrossed 020624872-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB985ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 020624872
- 01/09/02 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/01/02 House: Reported from P. & E. w/amendments (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/04/02 House: Read first time
- 02/05/02 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/02 House: Read second time
- 02/06/02 House: Committee amendments agreed to (58-Y 36-N)
- 02/06/02 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (58-Y 36-N)
- 02/06/02 House: Amendment by Del. O'Brien agreed to
- 02/06/02 House: Engrossed by House as amended (66-Y 31-N)
- 02/06/02 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (66-Y 31-N)
- 02/06/02 House: Printed as engrossed 020624872-E
- 02/07/02 House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 33-N)
- 02/07/02 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 33-N)
- 02/07/02 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/02 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/26/02 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with amendments (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/02 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/02 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/02 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/02 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/01/02 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/01/02 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/01/02 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/02 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/05/02 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/02 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/02 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB985ER)
- 03/18/02 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/02 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/18/02 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/02)
- 04/08/02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)