VirginiaElections; conduct of election, ranked choice voting, report.
What it does
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; report. Makes the decision to conduct an election by ranked choice voting subject to a determination of feasibility by the State Board of Elections. The bill provides procedures for tabulating and reporting results of elections conducted using ranked choice voting, including procedures for duplicating damaged or defective ballots.
More detail
The bill requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards for and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting and to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting. The bill permits the State Board of Elections to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election conducted by ranked choice voting. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Elections to review the testing and approval framework for voting equipment in the Commonwealth and submit a report of such review no later than the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Senate sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Apr 2Passed by for the day
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1009)
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1009ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 20House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)Major
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 19Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1009)
- Feb 18Read second timeMinor
- Feb 14Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 14Committee substitute printed 25107301D-H1Major
- Feb 10Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Assigned PE sub: Election AdministrationMinor
- Feb 6Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Placed on Calendar
- Feb 3Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 29Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104511DIntroduced