VirginiaAbsentee & provisional ballots; process & timing for rejected applications, rejected prov. ballots.
What it does
Elections; absentee and provisional ballots; process and timing for rejected absentee ballot applications, returned absentee ballots, and rejected provisional ballots. Requires the general registrar to promptly notify a voter by telephone or email of an error or omission on the provisional ballot form and to provide information to the voter on how to correct the issue so his ballot may be counted if the electoral board determines that such voter who submitted a provisional vote was not entitled to vote as a result of a material error or omission on the provisional ballot form. The voter is entitled to make such necessary corrections before noon on the Monday after the election.
More detail
The bill also requires the list of absentee ballot applicants to be updated daily and to include whether each application has been accepted or rejected and, if it has been rejected, the reason for rejection or, if it has been accepted, the status of the absentee ballot. Registrars are also required to enter such information into the voter registration system, and such information is required to be made available to voters via a free-access system made available by the Department of Elections. The bill removes the requirement that absentee ballots be received by the Friday immediately preceding the day of the election for the general registrar to implement the process of curing errors or failures in such absentee ballots. The bill also moves the deadline for curing errors or omissions in absentee ballot applications from noon on the third day after the election to noon on the Monday after the election. Finally, the bill requires the Department to issue guidance to local election officials on the uniform processing and counting of provisional ballots. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
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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
- Apr 13Governor's recommendation received by SenateLatest
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 12Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 12Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 12Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB582)
- Mar 12Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB582ER)Major
- Mar 12EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB582)
- Mar 6House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 4Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- Mar 4Delegate Price Floor substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 4committee substitute rejected
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 3Read second timeMinor
- Mar 3Floor offered Delegate Price Substitute
- Mar 3Floor substitute printed 26108846D-H2 (Price)
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108842D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27House committee offered
- Feb 27Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Feb 27House committee offered
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Feb 2Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Rules suspended
- 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 (SB582)
- Jan 27Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104738DIntroduced