Virginia House Bill 694

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Elections; absentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls. Allows officers of election at a central absentee precinct to begin ascertaining and recording the number of votes cast by absentee ballots at any time after noon on the day of the election. Under current law, absentee ballots that are counted by hand may be tallied, but not counted, at any time after noon on the day of the election, and no ballot totals for any absentee ballots shall be ascertained until after polls close. The bill also clarifies that vote totals for absentee ballots cast in person on voting systems cannot be determined until the day of the election. The bill also requires that general registrars begin processing absentee ballots on the fourteenth day prior to the day of the election. Under current law such processing is not required until the seventh day prior to the day of the election.

Absentee voting; counting ballots prior to the close of polls.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-09	House	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2024-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-02-02	House	Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103209D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	709.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	712	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB694
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB694+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107134A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB694F122+PDF