Virginia House Bill 937 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Vote centers; pilot program. Authorizes the State Board of Elections to conduct a pilot program under which one or more counties or cities whose plan for participation in the pilot program is unanimously approved by the State Board would be permitted to use vote centers in the June primary elections. The governing body of a county or city applying to participate in the pilot program is required to submit a plan for participation that includes (i) the number of vote center precincts to be established in the county or city and the boundaries of such precincts and (ii) the number of vote centers to be established in each vote center precinct and the location of each such vote center. The bill defines "vote center precinct" to mean the territory established by a county or city pursuant to the pilot program, to be served by one or more vote centers; "vote center" is defined to mean the structure at which any qualified voter who is a resident of the vote center precinct may vote in a June primary election. The bill contains requirements for a minimum number of vote centers based on the number of registered voters in a vote center precinct and the size of the vote center precinct. The State Board is directed to publish a report on the implementation and effectiveness of the pilot program. The provisions of the bill expire on December 31, 2020.

Vote centers; State Board of Elections to conduct pilot program.

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2016-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-18	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101891D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	307.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB937
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB937+hil