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Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
Subcommittee Elections

Reeves (Chairman), Deeds, Obenshain, Edwards, Garrett, Cosgrove

Staff: Meg Burruss
Date of Meeting: January 28, 2015
Time and Place: 9:30 AM / 3rd Floor East Conference Room

S.B. 677

Patron: Howell

Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. Allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without providing an excuse for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the statutory list of specific reasons allowing a voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-700 and 24.2-701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; persons eligible to vote absentee in person.

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S.B. 688

Patron: Ebbin

Voter identification; accepted forms of identification. Adds to the list of accepted forms of identification for purposes of voting valid student photo identification cards issued by any private school located in the Commonwealth or by any public or private school or institution of higher education located in any other state or territory of the United States. Students of public high schools in Virginia are currently permitted to use their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting because current law allows the use of photo identification issued by the Commonwealth or one of its political subdivisions. Current law also allows students from public or private institutions of higher education located in the Commonwealth to use their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-643 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter identification; accepted forms of identification.

15100596D

S.B. 820

Patron: Barker

Voter identification; accepted forms of identification. Adds to the list of accepted forms of identification for purposes of voting valid student photo identification cards issued by any private school located in the Commonwealth. Students of public high schools are currently permitted to use their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting because current law allows the use of photo identification issued by the Commonwealth or one of its political subdivisions. Current law also allows students from both public and private institutions of higher education located in the Commonwealth to use their student photo identification cards for purposes of voting.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-643 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter identification; accepted forms of identification.

15100418D

S.B. 853

Patron: Favola

Elections; assistance for certain voters. Allows any qualified voter who is 75 years of age or older or a person with a disability to request to go to the front of the line and to vote at the next available voting booth or voting system. The bill requires the chief officer of election or other designated election official to grant any such request made between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. This provision applies also to central absentee voting precincts and locations in the county or city approved by the electoral board for the purpose of casting absentee ballots. A qualified voter who is 65 years of age or older or a person with a disability is still permitted to vote outside the polling place pursuant to § 24.2-649.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-638, 24.2-649, and 24.2-707 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; assistance for certain voters.

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S.B. 922

Patron: Wexton

Voter identification; accepted forms of identification. Adds to the list of accepted forms of identification for purposes of voting a valid identification card that contains a photograph of the voter and is issued by any private entity that is licensed or certified, in whole or in part, by the State Department of Health, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Medical Assistance Services, or the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. An employee of any such private entity is currently permitted to use his employee identification card, provided the card contains a photograph of the voter, for purposes of voting. The bill allows a resident or other person who receives services from such private entity to use a valid identification card, provided the card contains a photograph of the voter, issued by the private entity.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-643 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter identification; accepted forms of identification.

15102254D

S.B. 954

Patron: Dance

Elections; absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person. Allows qualified voters to vote absentee in person without providing an excuse for not being able to vote in person on election day. The bill retains the statutory list of specific reasons allowing a voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-700 and 24.2-701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absentee voting; persons eligible to vote absentee in person.

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S.B. 1073

Patron: McDougle

Elections; assistance for certain voters. Allows any qualified voter who is 75 years of age or older or a person with a disability to request to go to the front of the line and to vote at the next available voting booth or voting system. The bill requires the chief officer of election or other designated election official to grant any such request made between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. This provision applies also to central absentee voting precincts and locations in the county or city approved by the electoral board for the purpose of casting absentee ballots. A qualified voter who is 65 years of age or older or a person with a disability is still permitted to vote outside the polling place pursuant to § 24.2-649.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-638, 24.2-649, and 24.2-707 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; assistance for certain voters.

15100741D

S.B. 1337

Patron: McEachin

Voter registration; voter list maintenance. Extends the current prohibition against periodic list maintenance within the 90 days preceding a federal primary or general election to all primary and general elections. The bill also requires that the processing of registered voter lists developed through list comparisons with other states is to be completed in accordance with the current laws for regular periodic list maintenance.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-404 and 24.2-428 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration; voter list maintenance.

15100336D

S.B. 1350

Patron: Vogel

Voter registration; cancellation of registration. Requires the general registrars to cancel the registration of any voter who is identified as registered in another state by an interstate matching program, notification by another state, or comparison by another agency of the list of another state or for whom the registrar receives a notice in accordance with the Driver License Compact that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth. The bill also allows a voter to cancel his registration by notifying the Department of Elections through electronic means of his request to have his name removed from the registration records. The bill further requires the Department of Elections to use commercial change-of-address data to identify voters who have moved.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-404, 24.2-427, and 24.2-428 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cancellation of voter registration.

15103121D