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1995 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 965
Offered January 23, 1995
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-405 and 24.2-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of registered voters and persons who have voted.
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Patron--Gartlan
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Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 24.2-405 and 24.2-406 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 24.2-405. Persons who may obtain lists of registered voters.

The State Board shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of registered voters for their districts to (i) courts of the Commonwealth and the United States for jury selection purposes, (ii) candidates for election or political party nomination to further their candidacy, (iii) political party committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, and (v) nonprofit organizations which other individuals and groups to promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose, except that the or to use for other political purposes. In no event shall any list furnished by the Board be used for commercial purposes. The State Board is authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their official use.

In no event shall any printed precinct list furnished under this section contain the social security number of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes.

Any printed precinct list furnished under this section shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any active or retired law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9-169, who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address for his residence for use on such lists.

§ 24.2-406. Persons who may obtain lists of persons voting at primaries and elections.

The State Board shall furnish to candidates, elected officials, or political party chairmen and to no one else or other individuals or groups, on request and at a reasonable price, lists for their districts of persons who voted at any primary or general election held in the two preceding years. Such lists shall be used only for campaign and political purposes and for reporting to constituents. In no event shall any list furnished by the Board be used for commercial purposes.

In no event shall any printed precinct list furnished under this section contain the social security number of any registered voter.

Any printed precinct list furnished under this section shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any active or retired law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9-169, who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address for his residence for use on such lists.