Bill Text: VA HB989 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406) [HB989 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB989-Enrolled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-105.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-105.1. Election and voter participation information on the Internet.
Beginning with the general election in November 1998, the
State Board The Department shall provide information for voters on its
website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board,
the Department of Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars;
(ii) how and where to register to vote; (iii) how and where to vote, including
information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter
identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting
of ballots, and a means for voters to find their polling place; and (iv) any
laws, regulations, policies, or forms pertaining to any of the information in
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii). The website shall also allow a voter to review his
current voter registration information and voting history that is kept
in the statewide voter registration database.
The Department shall implement a system by which it shall
furnish lists of candidates for all elections in the Commonwealth, and
information on proposed constitutional amendments and statewide referenda
prepared pursuant to §§30-19.9 and 30-19.10, electronically through the
Internet. The Board Department may list other referenda issues on
the Internet. The lists and information shall be made available on the Internet
as far in advance of the election as practicable and remain available on the
Internet at least until the day after the election.
The State Board Department shall provide
election results and statistical information on its website. The information
shall include voter turnout information which shall be calculated as the
percentage of active voters who voted excluding voters assigned to inactive
status pursuant to Chapter 4 (§24.2-400 et seq.). The information shall also
include the total number of registered voters and the number assigned to
inactive status.
At a minimum, the Department shall provide a version of its website in which all parts required by this section are translated into any language that is spoken by a language minority group covered under subsection A of §24.2-128. Any page on the Department's website that is linked to a translated page shall also be translated. The Department shall review all translated portions of its website for accuracy and make appropriate updates prior to the start of early voting for every primary and general election held in Virginia.