ELECTIONS
BILL UPDATES – OPPOSE
OPPOSE: HB1657 – Voter List Maintenance Timing
STATUS: This bill was passed yesterday, 2/4, on the House floor.
Requires certain list maintenance programs that remove ineligible voters to be completed 90 days before any primary or general election, extending the current requirement that certain list maintenance programs (like address updates at large scale) cannot be completed within 90 days before a general election. Because Virginia has frequent elections, this bill proposes changes that would impede voter list accuracy.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
OPPOSE: HB2002 – Voter Registration Cancellation Data Sources
STATUS: This bill was passed yesterday, 2/4, on the House floor.
This bill limits voter registration cancellations to data provided only by the Department of Elections or state-approved agencies, inhibiting our general registrars ability to maintain an accurate registered voter list.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
OPPOSE: HB2277 – Compelled Election Results Certification
STATUS: This bill was passed yesterday, 2/4, on the House floor.
Imposes $1,000 civil penalty on electoral board members who refuse to certify results. This impedes their ability to serve properly as an electoral board member, oversee elections and use their best judgment to certify elections.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
OPPOSE – KILLED
OPPOSE: HB2057 – Automatic Voter Registration Expansion
STATUS: This bill was killed because it didn’t make it out of committee before the crossover deadline. The bill’s patron discussed working on the bill with another committee member of a different party and bringing it back next year.
Expands automatic voter registration to include hunting/fishing license applicants, concealed handgun permit applicants, and milk distributor license applicants. Maintains citizenship verification requirements.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
BILL UPDATES – SUPPORT
SUPPORT: HB2513 – Voter Registration Cancellation Notice Process
STATUS: This bill was passed yesterday, 2/4, on the House floor.
Requires registrars to use DMV data to update vote records and mail cancellation notices to both new and old addresses when available for voters who have moved, as indicated by DMV data.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
