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2017 SESSION
17102047DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 24.2-416.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-416.6. Third-party registration groups; registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements; compensation prohibition.
A. Prior to engaging in any voter registration activities, any individual or organization that will be distributing and collecting voter registration applications for delivery or transmittal to a general registrar or other appropriate entity authorized to receive completed applications shall be required to register with the Department of Elections as a third-party registration group. The Department shall issue a unique identification number to each such individual or organization. Persons volunteering with or employed by a third-party registration group shall also register with the Department as a volunteer or employee of that group. Such group may facilitate the registration of its volunteers or employees with the Department.
B. Each person volunteering with or employed by a third-party registration group shall be assigned by the group's organizer a unique identification number, which shall be in a format approved by the State Board. Each group shall maintain a record of all volunteers and employees engaging in voter registration activities on behalf of the group. Such record shall include the name and contact information of each such person and his unique identification number. This record shall be provided to the Department of Elections weekly.
C. All persons engaging in voter registration activities pursuant to this section shall be required to receive training approved by the State Board prior to engaging in such voter registration activities. Each person shall sign a sworn affidavit on a form prescribed by the State Board attesting that he will abide by all Virginia laws and rules regarding the registration of voters. When engaging in voter registration activities, each person shall maintain a log of his registration activities. This log shall include information as required by the State Board and shall be submitted with all completed applications collected by such person. Each person shall include on a voter registration application the identification number issued by the Department and, in the case of a volunteer or employee of an third-party registration group, the identification number assigned to him by his group's organizer. No application for registration shall be rejected for the failure of the third-party registration group to put such identification number on the application.
D. No third-party registration group shall compensate its volunteers or employees on the basis of the number of completed voter registration applications the volunteer or employee collects. No volunteer or employee of a third-party registration group shall accept compensation based on the number of completed voter registration applications he collects.
E. Whenever
the Department of Elections, local electoral
board, or general registrar's office furnishes registers individuals or
groups multiple copies of the voter registration
application as a third-party
registration group, it shall provide accompanying
instructions that contain a copy and explanation of § 24.2-1002.01 and the
penalty for destruction of, or failure to mail or deliver, voter registration
applications that have been signed. Any like instructions furnished to the
public by whatever means shall contain a copy and explanation of § 24.2-1002.01
and the penalty for destruction of, or failure to mail or deliver, voter
registration applications. When obtaining 25 or
more voter registration applications, such individuals or groups shall be
required to register with and provide to the Department, local electoral board,
or general registrar's office such information as required by the Department. Such
individuals or agents representing a group shall be required to receive
training as approved by the State Board and sign a sworn affidavit on a form
prescribed by the State Board attesting that such individuals or organizations
will abide by all Virginia laws and rules regarding the registration of voters.