Virginia House Bill 1599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elections; voter registration; political party affiliation. Provides that a voter who votes in a primary election held by a political party shall be designated on his registration record as affiliated with that political party. The bill requires the State Board to use the list of persons voting in a primary election submitted by the electoral boards to designate a political party affiliation on the registration record for each voter, but prohibits the State Board of Elections from designating a political party affiliation for a voter until the voter has voted in a primary election held on or after January 1, 2016. Voters may change their party affiliation or designate themselves as independents by providing written notice to the general registrar for the locality in which they are registered. The bill does not change Virginia's present primary laws, and all registered voters remain eligible to participate in the primary of a political party that chooses to nominate by primary. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2016.

Voter registration; political party affiliation on registration record.

Del. John O'Bannon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2015-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2015-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
2015-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2015-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101890D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	410.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	416.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	423.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1599
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1599+hil