VA SB439 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-02 - Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Voter identification; photograph and identifying information contained in electronic pollbook; challenge of voter. Requires electronic pollbooks to contain a photograph and identifying information received by the Department of Elections from the Department of Motor Vehicles for each registered voter for whom the Department of Motor Vehicles has such a photograph and identifying information. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph or identifying physical information. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph and identifying information, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and identifying information and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. However, the bill requires the officer of election to challenge the voter's vote if the voter does not appear to be the same person depicted in the photograph or in the pollbook. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017.

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Title

Voter identification; information contained in electronic pollbook.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2016-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-02-02SenateContinued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
2016-01-12SenateReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-01-12SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101744D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
242404(n/a)See Bill Text
242405(n/a)See Bill Text
242406(n/a)See Bill Text
242444(n/a)See Bill Text
242611(n/a)See Bill Text
242643(n/a)See Bill Text
242651(n/a)See Bill Text
462208.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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