SB 521 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Registered voters and persons voting; reports of persons voting at elections.

Summary
Requires local electoral boards to direct general registrars to investigate the list of registered voters whenever the number of registered voters in a county or city exceeds the population of persons age 18 or older, based on the most recent population estimate of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia. The bill also requires the local electoral boards to direct the general registrars to investigate the list of persons voting at an election whenever the number of persons voting at any election in a county or city exceeds the number of persons registered to vote in that county or city. The Department of Elections is required to provide certain data to any general registrar conducting such an investigation for the registrar's use during the investigation. The bill requires local electoral boards to make reports of the findings to the State Board of Elections and requires such reports to be made public.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Jan 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018 Last action Mar 8, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (51-Y 49-N)
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103155D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
VA
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