The Virginia House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced a broad slate of election administration and campaign finance bills, including measures on voter roll maintenance, ballot certification, absentee ballot curing, and hand counting of ballots, with most contested bills passing on recurring 15-to-7 or 16-to-6 splits; two constitutional amendments were carried over to 2027 after being found not properly before the committee.
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Delegate Cherry argued that the substitute's reference to 'a team of election officials representing both parties to prepare a duplicate copy' on line 26 was 'very vague' and asked whether the code should specify a number such as 2, 4, 8, or 12 members to ensure the process is done properly. Counsel responded that it is standard for the department to promulgate regulations on that question and that the code does not need to be too prescriptive.
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“Quick question on the line 26 where we're talking about a team of election officials representing both parties to prepare a duplicate copy. Should we provide some specificity as to what that team looks like or is that enough to just say a team? Should we have 2, 4, 8, 12? It just seems very vague in terms of us putting code into make sure that this is done properly.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood morning. I called to order this meeting of House privileges and elections. If the clerk could please open the roll and members, show your presence. All right. Members, show your presence. Oh, everybody's here. Good morning. So today we are going to hear our subcommittee reports and then we have some Senate bills. So we will first start with the election administration subcommittee report. Chair Glass. Gratitude, Madam Chair. We'll start with House Bill 28. And I believe the member has a substitute. Do you want me to go ahead and report it first? No. Can I get her a motion on the substitute? So move. And I so move. So it's been moved. Improperly seconded that House Bill 28. We would pass the substitute. All those in favor, please say aye. Any opposed? We have adopted the substitute. Okay. Well, House Bill 28 requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election, any program, for the purposes of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the ROTOR registration system. This restriction is not to be constructed to preclude one, the removal…
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