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HOUSE BILL NO. 743 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 12, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-669.1, relating to elections; ballot security. ---------- Patrons-- Cleaveland and Griffith ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-669.1 as follows:

§ 24.2-669.1. Unauthorized copying of ballots.

Except in response to a court order explicitly requiring otherwise, no person shall reproduce, copy, or photograph any ballot that has been cast in an election. In the event of a court order requiring reproductions of ballots, only the clerk who is the authorized custodian of ballots pursuant to § 24.2-669, or his chief deputy, may reproduce or copy the ballots.