Legislation - HB0067

Title: Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification
Sponsored by: Delegates R. Long, Arentz, Beauchamp, Chisholm, Grammer, Hartman, Hornberger, Miller, T. Morgan, Rose, and Tomlinson
Status: In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

Synopsis

Prohibiting a local board of elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under certain circumstances, a witness and the local board verify the voter's signature; and providing that the witness signature requirement does not apply to active duty uniformed services members serving overseas or their spouses or dependents who live overseas.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0202 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/30/2024 Legislative Date 10/30/2024 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	10/30/2024	10/30/2024	Pre-filed
House	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification
House	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

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