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HOUSE BILL NO. 138 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled December 28, 2005 A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-417 of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons to be registered to vote. ---------- Patron-- Cole ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 24.2-417 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 24.2-417. Persons to be registered.

Each registrar shall register every resident of his county or city who has the qualifications required by the Constitution of Virginia and this title and who applies for registration or transfer of his registration from another county or city in the Commonwealth at the time and in the manner required by law. 

The fact that an applicant is the spouse or dependent of a member of a uniformed service of the United States, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-6 (7), or of the merchant marine of the United States, who may have a home of record other than the county or city in which the applicant seeks to register, shall not affect the right of an applicant to be registered so long as the applicant is a resident of the county or city and has the qualifications required by the Constitution of Virginia.   

Any person, once properly registered, shall remain registered unless his registration is cancelled pursuant to Article 5 (§ 24.2-427 et seq.) of this chapter.