Bill Text: VA SB1350 | 2015 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Voter registration; cancellation of registration by notifying Dept. of Elections to remove his name.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-04-30 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor [SB1350 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-SB1350-Enrolled.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§24.2-427 and 24.2-428 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §24.2-427. Cancellation of registration by voter or for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote. A. Any registered voter may cancel his registration and have his name removed from the central registration records by (i) signing an authorization for cancellation and mailing or otherwise submitting the signed authorization to the general registrar or (ii) notifying the Department of Elections of his request to have his name removed from the central registration records by electronic means as approved by the State Board. When submitted by any means other than when notarized or in person, such cancellation must be made at least 22 days prior to an election in order to be valid in that election. The general registrar shall acknowledge receipt of the authorization and advise the voter in person or by first-class mail that his registration has been canceled within 10 days of receipt of such authorization. B. The general registrar shall cancel the registration of (i) all persons known by him to be deceased or disqualified to vote by reason of a felony conviction or adjudication of incapacity; (ii) all persons known by him not to be United States citizens by reason of reports from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to §24.2-410.1 or from the State Board based on information received from the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) pursuant to subsection E of §24.2-404 and in accordance with the requirements of subsection B1; (iii) all persons for whom a notice has been received, signed by the voter, or from the registration official of another jurisdiction that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth; and (iv) all persons for whom a notice has been received, signed by the voter, or from the registration official of another jurisdiction that the voter has registered to vote outside the Commonwealth, subsequent to his registration in Virginia. The notice received in clauses (iii) and (iv) shall be considered as a written request from the voter to have his registration cancelled. A voter's registration may be cancelled at any time during the year in which the general registrar discovers that the person is no longer entitled to be registered. The general registrar shall mail notice of any cancellation to the person whose registration is cancelled. B1. The general registrar shall mail notice promptly to all persons known by him not to be United States citizens by reason of a report from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to §24.2-410.1 or from the State Board based on information received from the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) pursuant to subsection E of §24.2-404 prior to cancelling their registrations. The notice shall inform the person of the report from the Department of Motor Vehicles or from the State Board and allow the person to submit his sworn statement that he is a United States citizen within 14 days of the date that the notice was mailed. The general registrar shall cancel the registrations of such persons who do not respond within 14 days to the notice that they have been reported not to be United States citizens. B2. The general registrar shall (i) process the State Board's most recent list of persons convicted of felonies within 21 to 14 days before any primary or general election, (ii) cancel the registration of any registered voter shown to have been convicted of a felony who has not provided evidence that his right to vote has been restored, and (iii) send prompt notice to the person of the cancellation of his registration. If it appears that any registered voter has made a false statement on his registration application with respect to his having been convicted of a felony, the general registrar shall report the fact to the attorney for the Commonwealth for prosecution under §24.2-1016 for a false statement made on his registration application. C. The general registrar §24.2-428. Regular periodic review of registration records; notice to voters identified as having moved; placement on inactive status for failure to respond to notice. A. The State Board shall establish a voter list maintenance program using the change of address information supplied by the United States Postal Service through its licensees or by other reliable sources, including commercially available sources, to identify voters whose addresses may have changed. Any such program shall be regular and periodic and shall be conducted at least annually. The program shall be completed not later than ninety days prior to the date of a federal primary or federal general election. B. If it appears from information provided by the Postal Service or by other reliable sources that a voter has moved to a different address in the same county or city in which the voter is currently registered, the State Board of Elections shall provide to the general registrar the information necessary to change the registration records to show the new address, and the State Board of Elections or the general registrar shall send to the new address of the voter by forwardable mail, a notice of the change, along with a postage prepaid, pre-addressed return card by which the voter may verify or correct the address information. C. If it appears from information provided by the Postal Service or by other reliable sources that a voter has moved to a different address not in the same county or city, the State Board of Elections or the general registrar shall send to the last known address of the voter by forwardable mail, a notice on a form prescribed by the State Board, along with a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card on which the voter may state his current address. D. The registered voter shall complete and sign the return card subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to § 24.2-1016. E. The general registrar shall correct his registration
records from the information obtained from the return card. If the information
indicates that the registered voter has moved to another general registrar's
jurisdiction within the Commonwealth, the general registrar shall transfer the
registration record, along with the return card, to the appropriate general
registrar who shall treat the request for a change of address as a request for
transfer and shall send a voter registration card as confirmation of the
transfer to the voter pursuant to §24.2-424. If the general registrar does not
receive the return card provided for in subsection C |
