Bill Text: VA HB1947 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Absentee voting; annual absentee voter list.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-02-14 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) [HB1947 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB1947-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-703.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-703.1. Annual absentee voter list.
A. Any registered voter shall be eligible to file a special annual application to receive
absentee ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote in a calendar year. Such
application shall be on a form approved by the State Board and
shall require, at a minimum, the voter's printed name and
date of birth and the last four digits of his social security
number. The absentee ballots sent to a voter on the permanent annual
absentee voter list shall be sent to the address in the voter's registration
record, except as provided in subdivision C 1.
B. In accordance with procedures established by the State
Board, the general registrar shall retain the application, enroll the applicant
on a permanent the annual absentee voter
list, and process the applicant's request for an absentee ballot for each
succeeding election in the calendar year.
The applicant shall specify by party designation the primary ballots he is
requesting.
The general registrar shall send to each voter enrolled on the annual absentee voter list a blank application by December 15 for each ensuing calendar year, and, upon the filing and acceptance thereof, the applicant shall be eligible to receive ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote in that calendar year.
C. The State Board shall prescribe the process by which a
voter on the permanent annual
absentee voter list may:
1. Request that his absentee ballot for (i) a single election or (ii) a primary election and the following general election be sent to an address other than the address on his voter registration record.
2. Request a primary ballot for a political party other than
the one he specified on his application for
permanent annual
absentee voter status for a single primary election.
3. Change his political party selection for all succeeding primary elections.
D. A voter shall be removed from the
permanent annual
absentee voter list if (i) the voter requests in writing to be removed from the
list, (ii) the voter's registration is canceled pursuant to §24.2-427, (iii)
the voter's registration is placed on inactive status pursuant to §24.2-428 or
24.2-428.1, or (iv) the voter moves to a different address not in the same
county or city of his registration, and no ballot for any
subsequent election shall be sent to the voter until a new application is filed
and accepted.
