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2020 SESSION
20103557DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That [ §§ § ] 24.2-412
[ and 24.2-415 ] of the Code of
Virginia [ are is ] amended
and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-412. Other locations and times for voter registration.
A. In addition to voter registration locations provided for in
§§ 24.2-411, 24.2-411.1, and 24.2-411.2, opportunities for voter registration
may be provided at other agency offices, business offices, establishments and
occasional sites open to the general public, and shall be provided as required
by this section. Voter registration shall be conducted only in public places
open to the general public and at preannounced hours. Assistant registrars
should serve during such hours and at such places. The conduct of voter
registration by the general registrar or an assistant registrar in public
places at preannounced hours shall not be deemed solicitation of registration.
[ Voter registration events that are sponsored or
conducted by an entity or organization that the general registrar or an
assistant general registrar attends as an invitee shall not be required to be
open to the public. ]
B. The general registrar is authorized to set within his jurisdiction ongoing locations and times for registration in local or state government agency offices or in businesses or other establishments open to the general public, subject to the approval of, and pursuant to an agreement with, the head of the government agency, the owner or manager of the business or establishment, or the designee of either. The agreement shall provide for the appointment of employees of the agency, business, or establishment to serve as assistant registrars and shall be in writing and approved by the local electoral board prior to implementation.
Employees of the agency, business, or establishment who are appointed to serve as assistant registrars may be nonresidents of the jurisdiction they are appointed to serve, provided that (i) they are qualified voters of the Commonwealth and (ii) they serve only at their place of employment within the jurisdiction they are appointed to serve.
C. The general registrar or electoral board may set additional occasional sites and times for registration within the jurisdiction. A multi-family residential building not usually open to the public may be used as an occasional registration site so long as the public has free access to the site during the time for registering voters. Voter registration conducted in a high school or at the location of a naturalization ceremony shall not be required to be open to the public.
[ § 24.2-415. Notice of times and locations for
registration.
A. The general registrar shall give notice of the
date, hours, and locations for registration on the final day of registration at
least 10 days before each final day. The notice for the final day shall be
posted on the official website of the county or city, if applicable, and
published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
city.
At least three days' advance notice shall be given
for other times and locations for voter registration. This notice shall be
posted on the official website of the county or city, if applicable, and
published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or
city, or announced at least twice on a television station serving the county or
city.
B. Notice shall not be required for (i) the regular
office hours for the general registrar's office or any other office normally
staffed by one or more registrars ],; (ii) any office or location
offering voter registration services or forms in the normal course of its daily
business, or; (iii) any other location at which mail
applications are offered under Article 3.1 (§ 24.2-416.1 et seq.) of this
chapter but no registrar, nor any person authorized to receive voter
registration applications pursuant to § 24.2-415.1, is present; (iv) any
event that is not open to the public that the general registrar or an assistant
general registrar attends; or (v) any event that the general registrar or an
assistant general registrar attends as an invitee.