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1999 SESSION

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SB 807 Absentee ballot applications.

Introduced by: Edward L. Schrock | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Absentee ballot applications. Requires the State Board of Elections to implement a system, beginning with the general election in November 2000, which enables persons to file absentee ballot applications electronically through the Internet. The bill also ensures that false statements made electronically are punishable the same as any other false statement made in connection with Virginia's election laws (as the crime of election fraud, a Class 5 felony). The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.


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