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HOUSE BILL NO. 2599 Offered January 23, 1995 A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-418 of the Code of Virginia, relating to provision of information on party affiliation by applicant for registration to vote. ---------- Patrons--Marshall, Ruff and Wilkins ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24.2-418 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 24.2-418. Application for registration.

Each applicant to register shall provide, subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to § 24.2-1016, the information necessary to complete the application to register. Unless physically disabled, he shall sign the application. The application to register shall be only on a form or forms prescribed by the State Board.

The form of the application to register shall require the applicant to provide the following information: full name, including the maiden name and any other prior legal name; age; gender; date and place of birth; social security number, if any; whether the applicant is presently a United States citizen; address and place of abode and date of residence in the precinct; place of any previous registrations to vote; party affiliation, if any; and whether the applicant has ever been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent or convicted of a felony, and if so, under what circumstances the applicant's right to vote has been restored.

The form shall permit any active or retired law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9-169, to furnish, in addition to his residence street address, a post office box address for his residence to be included in lieu of his street address on the lists of registered voters and persons who voted which are furnished pursuant to §§ 24.2-405 and 24.2-406.