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Richmond Sunlight » 2019 » Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee. (SB1026)
Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee. (SB1026)
Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)
Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available beginning on second Saturday immediately preceding election. Allows for any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the second Saturday immediately preceding any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifth day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the second Saturday immediately preceding the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. The provisions of the bill do not become effective until the November 3, 2020, general election, and the State Board of Elections is required to submit a report on the procedures and instructions it promulgates for conducting absentee voting pursuant to the provisions of the bill. Amends § 24.2-1004, § 24.2-416.1, § 24.2-452, § 24.2-612, § 24.2-700, § 24.2-701, § 24.2-702.1, § 24.2-703.1, § 24.2-703.2, § 24.2-706, § 24.2-709, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »
10/17/2018 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100137D
10/17/2018 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/18/2019 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB1026)
01/21/2019 Impact statement from DPB (SB1026)
01/29/2019 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2019 Committee substitute printed 19106127D-S1
01/29/2019 Incorporates SB1035 (Locke)
01/29/2019 Incorporates SB1075 (Howell)
01/29/2019 Incorporates SB1198 (Dance)
01/31/2019 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2019 Reading of substitute waived
02/01/2019 Committee substitute agreed to 19106127D-S1
02/01/2019 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1026S1
02/04/2019 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2019 Impact statement from DPB (SB1026S1)
02/06/2019 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
02/06/2019 Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
02/12/2019 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
02/15/2019 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (18-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2019 Passed House with amendments (89-Y 10-N)
02/19/2019 VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2019 House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2019 Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2019 Passed by temporarily
02/21/2019 House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
The following bills are identical to this one: SB1035, HB1641 and SB1672.
ACLU of VA writes:
The ACLU of VA strongly supports this bill.
Joe Schlatter writes:
This bill is a good thing.
HOWEVER -- it's another example of an unfunded mandate on localities.
I am in a small county with only 9,000 voters and 5 polling places. Now, we will have to open another polling place to accommodate early voting. This will cost us:
-- New voting machines: $12,000
-- New electronic pollbooks ($2,700)
-- Salaries for poll workers: Approx $600 per day X 7 days = $4,200
-- Signs and other miscellaneous for the new polling place: $500
Remember -- in my county we will need only one early polling place. It CANNOT be in the registrar's office, which is too small already. So, we have to find a building centrally located in tne county -- that has parking, handicapped access, place to lock up the voting machines at night, restrooms, etc.
In the case of, say, Fairfax County with 800,000 registered voters, we are talking about several early voting places that will cost some real money. The State needs to kick in a lot of financial assistance to the localities.
Posted 10 days ago. #
This bill is being tracked by Sue M., LWV-VA, Amanda P., Jackie R., Clifford G. and WCVE.
HB2709: Elections; any registered voter allowed to vote early without providing reason, etc.
HB2716: Elections and voter registration; early voting, same day voter registration.
SB1198: Absentee voting; no excuse required when voting in person.
SB1206: Elections; early voting.