Source: http://vacode.org/24.2-444/
Timestamp: 2013-05-24 19:30:29
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Duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections as to voter registration records; public inspection; exceptions. (§ 24.2-444)—Virginia Decoded
← 24.2 Elections → 4 Voter Registration → § 24.2-444 Duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections as to voter registration records; public inspection; exceptions. →
§ 24.2-444 Duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections as to voter registration records; public inspection; exceptions.
This law was first passed in 1950. It was updated in 1970, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2012.
2007HB2141: Voter registration records; authorizes Board of Elections to sell voter lists to other states.HB2202: Voter registration records; clarifies duties of local electoral boards, general registrars, etc. (failed)2008HB1096: Protection of Social Security Numbers Act; created. (failed)HB1099: Voter registration records; access to date of birth information. (passed)2009HB1607: Voter registration, online; applicants who have driver's license, etc. issued by DMV eligible. (failed)SB1365: Elections; addresses of protected voters. (passed)2012HB1057: Absentee voting; procedures for military and overseas voters. (failed)HB930: Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; administration of election laws for military voters. (failed)SB565: Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; administration of election laws for military voters. (passed)2013HB1057: Absentee voting; procedures for military and overseas voters. (failed)HB930: Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; administration of election laws for military voters. (failed)
§ 24.2-418 Application for registration.§ 46.2-208.1 Electronic transfer of information in Department records for voter registration purposes.
§ 24.2-418 Application for registration.§ 24.2-710 Further duties of electoral board and general registrar; absentee voter applicant lists.§ 24.2-408 State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit monthly lists of decedents to State Board.§ 24.2-706 Duty of general registrar and electoral board on receipt of application; statement of voter.§ 24.2-405 Persons who may obtain lists of registered voters.
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A. Registration records shall be kept and preserved by the general registrar in compliance with §§ 2.2-3803, 2.2-3808, and 24.2-114. The State Board shall provide to each general registrar, for each precinct in his county or city, lists of registered voters for inspection. The lists shall contain the name, address, year of birth, gender and all election districts applicable to each registered voter. The lists shall be opened to public inspection at the office of the general registrar when the office is open for business. New lists shall be provided not less than once each year to all localities except those in which an updated list is made available electronically for public inspection, and supplements containing additions, deletions, and changes shall be provided not less than (i) weekly during the 60 days preceding any general election and (ii) monthly at other times. Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the retention of records, upon receipt of any new complete list, the general registrar shall destroy the obsolete list and its supplements. The State Board shall provide to each general registrar lists of persons denied registration for public inspection. Such lists may be provided electronically through the Virginia voter registration system and produced in whole or in part upon a request for public inspection. ¶
B. The general registrars shall maintain for at least two years and shall make available for public inspection and copying and, where available, photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of the registration records pursuant to §§ 24.2-427, 24.2-428 and 24.2-428.1, including lists of the names and addresses of all persons to whom notices are sent, and information concerning whether each person has responded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records is made. ¶
C. No list provided by the State Board under subsection A nor any record made available for public inspection under subsection B shall contain any of the following information: (i) an individual’s social security number, or any part thereof; (ii) the residence address of an individual who has furnished a post office box address in lieu of his residence address as authorized by subsection B of § 24.2-418; (iii) the declination by an individual to register to vote and related records; (iv) the identity of a voter registration agency through which a particular voter is registered; or (v) the day and month of birth of an individual. No voter registration records other than the lists provided by the State Board under subsection A and the records made available under subsection B shall be open to public inspection. ¶
This law has been modified 9
times since it was first created in 1970. Those modifications
linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 641; in 1994, chapter 656; in 1996, chapters 72, 73; in 2001, chapters 612, 626; in 2003, chapter 1015; in 2007, chapters 311, 318; in 2008, chapter 379; in 2009, chapter 318; in 2012, chapter 353.