Ballots And Balloting
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot. [HB-907]
Elections; voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process; printed receipt for cast ballot. Requires voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections to produce a printed receipt for each voter who has cast a ballot that shows the date and time the voter's ballot was cast, the voter's number corresponding to the order in which ballots were cast, and a list of all the voter's selections on the ballot as recorded by the voting system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
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Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot. [HB-907]
Elections; voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process; printed receipt for cast ballot. Requires voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections to produce a printed receipt for each voter who has cast a ballot that shows the date and time the voter's ballot was cast, the voter's number corresponding to the order in which ballots were cast, and a list of all the voter's selections on the ballot as recorded by the voting system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Absentee voting; electronic ballot return. [HB-796]
Elections; absentee voting; electronic ballot return. Elections; absentee voting; electronic ballot return. Requires that the Department of Elections establish an electronic transmission system through which a military or overseas voter or voter with a disability may request, receive, and return a ballot. The bill also requires a general registrar to offer an applicant for an absentee ballot who indicates that he will require assistance to vote the option to have a blank absentee ballot, the form for the envelope for returning the marked ballot,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot. [SB-303]
Elections; voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process; printed receipt for cast ballot. Requires voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections to produce a printed receipt for each voter who has cast a ballot that shows the date and time the voter's ballot was cast, the voter's number corresponding to the order in which ballots were cast, and a list of all the voter's selections on the ballot as recorded by the voting system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Elections; form of ballot, party identification of candidates, constitutional offices. [HB-413]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates; constitutional offices. Provides that any candidate for a constitutional office who is nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified. The constitutional offices are those of the treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of court, and commissioner of the revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Elections; form of ballot, party identification of candidates, constitutional offices. [HB-429]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates; constitutional offices. Provides that any candidate for a constitutional office who is nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified. The constitutional offices are those of the treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of court, and commissioner of the revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Arnold
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Candidates in elections; party identification of candidates on ballot. [HB-254]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Provides that any candidate nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Elections; form of ballot, party identification of candidates, constitutional offices. [HB-176]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates; constitutional offices. Provides that any candidate for a constitutional office who is nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified. The constitutional offices are those of the treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of court, and commissioner of the revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Ballots; party identification of candidates. [HB-1414]
Form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Extends to elections for local and constitutional offices the requirement that candidates who have been nominated by a political party or in a primary election be identified on the ballot by name of their political party. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Constitutional officers; form of ballot, party identification of candidates on ballots. [HB-1262]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates on ballots; constitutional officers. Extends to elections for constitutional officers the requirement that ballots identify the nominating political party for party candidates and identify independent candidates as such. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Charter & directives for State Board of Elections; SOA to oversee & develop, etc. [SJR-37]
Study; Secretary of Study; Secretary of Administration; State Board of Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot program; report. Requests the Secretary of Administration to oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Board of Elections to form a working group to study implementation of electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots. In conducting its study, the State Board of Elections with the working group shall study and develop initial instructions and procedures that (i) consider issues related
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots. [HB-880]
Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot program. Directs the Commissioner of Elections to establish and supervise a pilot program by which an overseas voter who is a registered voter of a county or city participating in the pilot program may return his voted military-overseas ballot by electronic means. The Commissioner is required by the bill to promulgate standards and develop procedures for the secure transmission and return, storage, and processing of voted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Local advisory referenda; exception to rule that prohibits referendum from being placed on ballot. [SB-190]
Elections; referenda; local advisory referenda. Provides for an exception to the rule that prohibits a referendum from being placed on the ballot unless specifically authorized by statute or by charter, allowing each locality to provide by ordinance a process for holding an advisory referendum provided such advisory referendum is placed on the ballot not more than once per calendar year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Ballots; ballot fraud security measures. [SB-133]
Elections, ballots; ballot fraud security measures. Requires any printer or vendor supplying ballots in an election for state or federal office to be ISO 27001 certified, ISO 17025 certified, or ISO 9001:2015 certified. The bill also requires any ballot used in an election for state or federal office to include a unique bar code or quick response code that is accessible only to the voter and that tracks the voter's ballot as it is processed and to include the use of at least two other ballot fraud security measures from a list of approved measures.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Local advisory referenda; exception to rule that prohibits referendum from being placed on ballot. [HB-48]
Elections; referenda; local advisory referenda. Provides for an exception to the rule that prohibits a referendum from being placed on the ballot unless specifically authorized by statute or by charter, allowing each locality to provide by ordinance a process for holding an advisory referendum provided such advisory referendum is placed on the ballot not more than once per calendar year.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Constitutional officers; form of ballot, party identification of candidates on ballots. [SB-39]
Elections; form of ballot; party identification of candidates on ballots; constitutional officers. Extends to elections for constitutional officers the requirement that ballots identify the nominating political party for party candidates and identify independent candidates as such. Currently, this requirement applies only to federal, statewide, and General Assembly elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Military-overseas ballots; electronic return of voted ballots, report. [SJR-322]
Study; Secretary of Administration; State Board of Elections; electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot program; report. Requests the Secretary of Administration to oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Board of Elections to form a working group to study implementation of electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots. In conducting its study, the State Board of Elections with the working group shall study and develop initial instructions and procedures that (i) consider issues related to accessibility,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Form of ballot; party identification of candidates. [SB-1585]
Form of ballot; party identification of candidates. Provides that any candidate nominated by a political party or at a primary election shall be identified on the ballot by the name of his political party. Currently, only candidates for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices are so identified.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Vote: Defeated (46-y 54-n) on 02/22/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Ballots; number ordered to be printed. [SB-1552]
Ballots; number ordered to be printed. Requires the general registrars to consider the number of active registered voters and historical election data, including voter turnout, when determining the number of ballots to order to be printed for an election. This bill is identical to HB 2415.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Newman
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Special elections; provisional ballots, determination of results. [SB-1571]
Special elections; provisional ballots; determination of results. Provides that in the case of a special election, the local electoral boards shall ascertain the results of the election, make out the abstract of votes, and make out the certificate of election regardless of any provisional ballots whose validity is yet to be determined, unless the number of outstanding provisional ballots is sufficient to change the outcome of the election. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to ascertain the results of the special election in the same
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/21/2017