VirginiaElections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots.
What it does
Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to do so in person up to and including the day of the election and limits the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to members of a uniformed service on active duty, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and their spouses and dependents.
More detail
The bill limits the period during which absentee voting in person is available from 45 days preceding the date of the election to the 14 days preceding the date of the election. The bill requires that absentee ballots returned by mail be returned to the office of the general registrar by the close of polls on election day and be postmarked on or before the Saturday preceding the date of the election. The bill eliminates the use of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots. The bill requires absentee ballot applications to contain the last four digits of the applicant's social security number.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 5Left in Privileges and ElectionsLatest
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1652)
- Jan 13Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 12Assigned PE sub: Election AdministrationMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101078DIntroduced