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2004 SESSION
Chairman: Stephen H. Martin
Date of Meeting: January 27, 2004
Time and Place: 4:00 p.m. - Senate Room A
Patron: Potts
Primaries for statewide offices. Requires political party candidates for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General to be nominated by a statewide primary.
Patron: Martin
Voter registrars; appointment, term, and removal. Provides for an annual performance review by each local electoral board beginning with the year ending June 30, 2006, of the work of the general registrar using the format and forms developed by the State Board of Elections in consultation with representatives of the Virginia Electoral Board Association and Voter Registrars Association of Virginia and available by July 1, 2005. The bill provides for terms of general registrars to begin July 1 rather than April 1. It also clarifies provisions pertaining to the removal of a general registrar by the local electoral board and on petition of the State Board of Elections to the circuit court in certain situations.
Patron: Cuccinelli
Ballot forms and party designations of candidates on ballots.
Patron: Cuccinelli
Primary elections; voter registration by political party; penalty. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2005, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time except the 28 days before an election when the registration records are closed. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party primary.
Patron: Potts
Campaign Finance Disclosure Act; in-kind contributions and penalties. Requires written authorization by a candidate for in-kind contributions to the candidate in support of his campaign. The bill also provides for the assessment of a civil penalty of $50,000 for any failure to report the making or receipt of an in-kind contribution with a value of $1,000 or more and for public notice of the failure and of the identity of the candidate, person, or committee involved.
Patron: Colgan
Distribution of information on local referenda. Allows local governing bodies to disseminate neutral explanations of pending local referenda by any means, not just by publication or printing. The bill deletes the limitation on the length of the explanation to 500 or fewer words.
Patron: Norment
Absentee ballot applications. Provides for the submission of applications for absentee ballots to local registrars through the official website of the State Board of Elections. The online application will contain all the information of the standard application, except for the signature requirement, plus a field for the applicant's e-mail address. The information provided by the applicant is subject to felony penalties for false statements. The State Board website will e-mail the application automatically to the appropriate local registrar and generate an e-mail confirmation of receipt of the application to the applicant.
Patron: Martin
Primary elections; voter registration by political party; penalty. Adds party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The applicant may indicate that he is an independent. Voters registered prior to January 1, 2005, will be designated as independent unless they provide a political party designation in writing to the general registrar. Voters may change their party affiliation or independent status by written notice at any time except the 28 days before an election when the registration records are closed. The state party chairman of each political party must notify the State Board by January 31 of each year of the party rules governing who may participate in the party primary.
Patron: Ticer
United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; agency heads. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner of certain agency heads and personnel.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; administration. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to the Secretariat of Administration.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; commerce and trade. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to commerce and trade.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; education. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to education.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; finance. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to finance.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; health and human resources. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to health and human resources.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; natural resources. Confirms appointments made by Governor Warner related to natural resources.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; public safety. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to public safety.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; technology. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner related to technology.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; transportation. Confirms appointments made by Governor Warner related to transportation.
Patron: Martin
Confirming Governor's appointments; miscellaneous positions. Confirms interim appointments made by Governor Warner to certain compact agencies, designated agencies, independent agencies, and miscellaneous positions.