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2012 SESSION
Vogel (Chairman), Howell, Martin, Edwards, Petersen, Carrico, Garrett
Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Bonnie Shelhorse
Staff: M. Spain, D. Cotter, J. Austin
Date of Meeting: February 15, 2012
Time and Place: 10:00 a.m/Senate Room A
H.B. 55 Primary dates; presidential primary.
Patron: Cole
Primary dates; presidential primary. Provides that all primaries for offices to be filled at the November election in presidential election years shall be held on the date of the presidential primary. With respect to candidates for election in November of a presidential election year, the bill also lifts the requirement that petition signatures must be collected after January 1 of the presidential election year.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-506, 24.2-507, 24.2-510, 24.2-515, and 24.2-544 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections and the scheduling of primaries.12104887D
H.B. 56 Voter registration applications; protection of certain residence address information.
Patron: Cole
Voter registration applications; protection of residence address information. Adds active and retired federal and Virginia justices and judges and attorneys employed by the United States and Virginia Attorneys General to the list of persons whose residence addresses may be replaced by a post office box address on publicly available registration and elections documents.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-418 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration applications; protection of residence addresses.12101208D
H.B. 63 Provisional ballots; electoral board meeting opened only to authorized party to determine validity.
Patron: Cole
Elections; provisional ballots; electoral board meetings. Provides that the meeting of the electoral board following the election is open only to authorized party and candidate representatives, the persons who cast the provisional ballots with their representatives or legal counsel, and the staff and legal counsel for the electoral board. The bill also specifies that the party and candidate representatives attend as observers and not as participants.
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H.B. 417 Polling places; prohibited campaign area.
Patron: Watts
Elections; polling places; prohibited campaign area. Provides that the requirement to provide an area of 40 feet from the entrance to a polling place applies to the entrance to a polling place contained within a structure. Campaign activities may be allowed by the local electoral board within the structure so long as the prohibited campaign area is enforced within 40 feet of the entrance to the polling place.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-310 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; requirements for polling places.12103190D
H.B. 946 Political action committees; campaign finance filings.
Patron: Bell, Robert B.
Political action committees; campaign finance filings. Requires any political action committee that files its statement of organization on or after August 15 and before the November election day in any odd-numbered year to file a campaign finance report for the committee's activities during that year with its statement of organization and to file reports within 24 hours of receiving any contribution of $500 or more during the period between the October 1, or the date of filing its statement of organization if after October 1, and the election day. Currently, only political action committees that file a statement of organization on or after October 1 and before the November election day in any odd-numbered year are subject to this additional reporting requirement.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-949.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance filings by political action committees.12100535D
H.B. 974 Campaign finance disclosure reports; requires SBE to replace residence address of certain voters.
Patron: Bell, Robert B.
Campaign finance disclosure reports; custody and copying. Requires the State Board of Elections to replace in campaign finance disclosure reports the residence address of certain protected voters, such as law-enforcement officers, with the post office box address such protected voters may provide to be shown on public voter documents in lieu of their residence address, if requested to do so by any such protected voter.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-946.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to custody and copying of campaign finance disclosure reports.12100833D
H.B. 1133 Candidate petitions for primaries and general elections; requirements for petition circulators.
Patron: Cole
Candidate petitions in primaries and general elections. Provides that candidate petitions in primaries and general elections must be witnessed by a legal resident of the Commonwealth who attests that he is not a minor or a felon whose voting rights have not been restored. Current law requires that the petition witness must be eligible to vote for the office for which the petition is being circulated. The bill also provides that presidential candidates are eligible to witness their own petitions. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill is identical to SB 613.
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EMERGENCY