VirginiaAbsentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls.
What it does
Elections; absentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls. Allows officers of election at a central absentee precinct to begin ascertaining and recording the number of votes cast by absentee ballots at any time after noon on the day of the election. Under current law, absentee ballots that are counted by hand may be tallied, but not counted, at any time after noon on the day of the election, and no ballot totals for any absentee ballots shall be ascertained until after polls close.
More detail
The bill also clarifies that vote totals for absentee ballots cast in person on voting systems cannot be determined until the day of the election. The bill also requires that general registrars begin processing absentee ballots on the fourteenth day prior to the day of the election. Under current law such processing is not required until the seventh day prior to the day of the election.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 27Continued to next session in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
- Feb 26House committee offered
- Feb 9Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Feb 9Read first timeMinor
- Feb 9Placed on Calendar
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 3Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Feb 3Senator Roem Substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 3Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
- Feb 3Floor offered Senator Roem Substitute
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Passed by for the day
- Feb 2Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Passed by for the day
- Jan 29Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Jan 29Rules suspended
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB350)
- Jan 27Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)Minor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102138DIntroduced