Elections, State Board of; revision of regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions.
Summary
Directs the State Board of Elections to revise its regulations for reviewing and processing candidate petitions. The regulations are required to provide processes for checking petition signatures that includes a method for determining if a petition signature belongs to an individual whose prior registration was canceled, for tracking information associated with candidate petitions, and for escalating cases of suspected fraud to an appropriate entity. The bill requires the State Board to promulgate these regulations on or before January 1, 2020.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Feb 6, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 2019
D
Democratic19
100% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1564S1
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106098D-S1
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103149D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
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