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HB 2287 Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Absentee voting; alternative procedures to expedite counting preparations. Authorizes the electoral board to give the general registrar the option to expedite preparations for counting optical scan absentee ballots returned by mail. The board can authorize verifying completion of the required affirmation, marking the pollbook, and inserting ballots in optical scan equipment in the presence of officers of election representing both parties without initiating any vote counts. Prohibits persons present during the preparations from disclosing any information concerning the ballots. This bill is identical to SB 1334.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078805544 pdf
- 01/29/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078805544-E pdf
- 02/23/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2287ER) pdf
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078805544
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/07 House: Assigned P & E sub: #2 (Jones, S.C.)
- 01/19/07 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/07 House: Read first time
- 01/23/07 House: Read second time
- 01/23/07 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/23/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/25/07 House: Read second time
- 01/25/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/07 House: Read second time
- 01/29/07 House: Amendment by Delegate Watts agreed to
- 01/29/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2287E
- 01/29/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078805544-E
- 01/30/07 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/31/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/13/07 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 Senate: VOTE: (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/07 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2287ER)
- 02/24/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281)