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HB 985 Voting recount proceedings.

Introduced by: James K. O'Brien, Jr. (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

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.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

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, but not 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 and modifies recommendations of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Virginia's Election Process and Voting Technologies (HJR 681/SJR 363 -- 2001).

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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 HB 1035 and SB 112.