Bill Text: VA HB1292 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Electoral boards; appointments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB1292 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-HB1292-Prefiled.html
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15100564D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§15.2-3543 and 24.2-106 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-3543. Electoral board, general registrar and officers of election. A. If any county and all incorporated towns located therein consolidate into a county or city, the members of the electoral board, general registrar and officers of election of the consolidating county or city shall continue to serve as like officers of the consolidated county or city until the expiration of the terms to which they were appointed. B. If one or more counties or cities consolidate into a single county or city, the provisions set forth in this subsection shall apply as follows: 1. Electoral Board. - The terms of the electoral board members of the consolidating localities shall expire on the effective date of consolidation. The senior judges of the circuit courts of the consolidating localities, no later than thirty days prior to the effective date of consolidation, shall appoint pursuant to §24.2-106 for the consolidated county or city an electoral board of three members who shall qualify and take office on the day following the effective date of consolidation. The term of the first member so appointed shall expire at midnight on the last day of February in the year following the year in which he takes office; the term of the second member appointed shall expire one year later; and the term of the third member shall expire two years later. At a meeting to be held on the day its members take office, the electoral board for the consolidated county or city shall (i) designate one of the general registrars of the consolidating jurisdictions to serve as the general registrar of the consolidated county or city until midnight on March 31 following the effective date of consolidation and (ii) appoint pursuant to §§24.2-109 and 24.2-115 the officers of election for the consolidated county or city. At a meeting to be held in the first week of March following the effective date of consolidation, such electoral board shall appoint pursuant to §§24.2-109 and 24.2-110 a general registrar for the consolidated county or city who shall qualify and take office on April 1 following the effective date of consolidation and serve for the remainder of the term set forth in §24.2-110. 2. General Registrar. - The general registrars of the consolidating jurisdictions shall continue in office, with one of them designated the general registrar for the consolidated county or city as hereinabove provided, until midnight on March 31 following the effective date of consolidation during which time they shall compile, on the schedule and in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Elections, the registration records for the consolidated county or city. The governing body of the consolidated county or city shall pay the salary of each such general registrar in the amount authorized by the State Board of Elections and shall be reimbursed for such compensation from the state treasury. 3. Officers of Election. - The terms of the officers of election of the consolidating jurisdictions shall expire on the effective date of consolidation. §24.2-106. Appointment and terms; vacancies; chairman and secretary; certain prohibitions; training. There shall be in each county and city an electoral board
composed of three members who shall be appointed by In the appointment of the electoral board, representation
shall be given to each of the two political parties having the highest and next
highest number of votes in the Commonwealth for Governor at the last preceding
gubernatorial election. Two electoral board members shall be of the political
party that cast the highest number of votes for Governor at that election. When
the Governor was not elected as the candidate of a political party,
representation shall be given to each of the political parties having the highest
and next highest number of members of the General Assembly at the time of the
appointment and two board members shall be of the political party having the
highest number of members in the General Assembly. The political party entitled
to the appointment shall make and file recommendations with the The Electoral board members shall serve three-year terms and be appointed to staggered terms, one term to expire at midnight on the last day of February each year. No three-year term shall be shortened to comply with the political party representation requirements of this section. The board shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as secretary. The chairman and the secretary shall represent different political parties, unless the representative of the second-ranked political party declines in writing to accept the unfilled office. At any time that the secretary is incapacitated in such a way that makes it impossible for the secretary to carry out the duties of the position, the board may designate one of its other members as acting secretary. Any such designation shall be made in an open meeting and recorded in the minutes of the board. The secretary of the electoral board shall immediately notify the State Board of any change in the membership or officers of the electoral board and shall keep the Board informed of the name, residence and mailing addresses, and home and business telephone numbers of each electoral board member. No member of an electoral board shall be eligible to offer for or hold an office to be filled in whole or in part by qualified voters of his jurisdiction. If a member resigns to offer for or hold such office, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this section. No member of an electoral board shall be the spouse, grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or grandchild, or the spouse of a grandparent, parent, sibling, child, or grandchild, of a candidate for or holder of an elective office filled in whole or in part by any voters within the jurisdiction of the electoral board. No member of an electoral board shall serve as the chairman of a state, local, or district level political party committee or as a paid worker in the campaign of a candidate for nomination or election to an office filled by election in whole or in part by the qualified voters of the jurisdiction of the electoral board. At least one member of the electoral board shall attend an annual training program provided by the State Board. |
