Legislation

Title: Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
Sponsored by: Delegates Parrott, Buckel, Cassilly, Folden, Grammer, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McMillan, Metzgar, Morgan, Shoemaker, and Szeliga
Status: In the House - Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity and verify the voter's address if the voter seeks to vote a regular ballot; requiring an election judge to qualify a voter by requesting the voter to present a current government-issued photo identification; requiring an election judge to authorize an individual to vote a regular ballot; allowing a voter who is unable to present a specified form of identification to vote by provisional ballot under specified circumstances; etc.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1017 Session: 2015 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): January 1, 2017

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/11/2016 Legislative Date 2/12/2016 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/12/2016 Legislative Date 2/12/2016 Action Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2016 Legislative Date 3/17/2016 Action Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/11/2016	2/12/2016	First Reading Ways and Means
House	2/12/2016	2/12/2016	Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
House	3/16/2016	3/17/2016	Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
2/15/2016	Text - First - Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
3/17/2016	Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means

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