Bill Text: VA HB64 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Elections; assistance to voters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections [HB64 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB64-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 64 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled December 19, 2011 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-649.1, relating to elections; persons providing assistance to voters. ---------- Patron-- Cole (By Request) ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-649.1 as follows:

§24.2-649.1. Persons providing assistance to voters.

It shall be unlawful for any person to provide assistance to more than two persons in the casting of their ballots pursuant to §§24.2-649 and 24.2-704 in a single election. This section shall not apply to a general or assistant registrar, the members of an electoral board, officers of election, or the staffs of a general registrar or electoral board.