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2013 SESSION
13104026DRESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 8 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 8. Electoral boards; registrars and officers of election.
There shall be in each county and city an electoral board
composed of three members, selected as provided by law. In the appointment of
the electoral boards, representation, as
far as practicable,Appointments of the
members of the electoral board shall be
given to each of the two political parties which, at the general election next
preceding their appointment, cast the highest and the next highest number of
votes made on a
nonpartisan basis and appointments shall be made without recommendation from or
consultation with any political party. The present members
of such boards shall continue in office until the expiration of their
respective terms; thereafter their successors shall be appointed for the term
of three years. Any vacancy occurring in any board shall be filled by the same
authority for the unexpired term.
Each electoral board shall appoint the officers of election
and general registrar for its county or city. In appointing The
appointment of such officers of election, representation, as
far as practicable, shall be
given to each of the two political parties which, at the general election next
preceding their appointment, cast the highest and next highest number of votes on a nonpartisan basis and appointments shall be
made without recommendation from or consultation with any political party.
No person, nor the deputy of any person, who is employed by or holds any office or post of profit or emolument, or who holds any elective office of profit or trust, under the governments of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any county, city, or town, shall be appointed a member of the electoral board or general registrar. No person, nor the deputy or the employee of any person, who holds any elective office of profit or trust under the government of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth, shall be appointed an assistant registrar or officer of election.