Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee.
Summary
Allows for any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the second Saturday immediately preceding any election in which he is qualified to vote without providing a reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. The bill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifth day prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately preceding the election. The bill retains the current provisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the second Saturday immediately preceding the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting. The provisions of the bill do not become effective until the November 3, 2020, general election, and the State Board of Elections is required to submit a report on the procedures and instructions it promulgates for conducting absentee voting pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Oct 17, 2018
Last action Mar 4, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 20, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (89-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1026S1
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106127D-S1
upper
Oct 17, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Oct 17, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100137D
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lionell Spruill
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
CP
Chap Petersen
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
Co
GB
George Barker
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
Co
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
Co
Louise Lucas
DDemocratic
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