Virginia House Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-07 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Determination of tie votes; recounts; special elections. Provides that, in elections for the General Assembly and local offices, if two or more persons have an equal number of votes, and a higher number than any other person, there shall be a recount of the vote without any action being required by any of the candidates receiving the equal number of votes. The bill also provides that, except in the case of a recount of an election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, if the recount court finds that each party to the recount has received an equal number of votes, there shall be a special election held to determine which candidate is elected to the office. Only one recount of any election is permitted.

Determination of tie votes; recounts, special elections.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-07	House	Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB198-Price) by voice vote
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2019-12-26	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-12-26	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102050D

HB198 (Similar To) 2020-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0500)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	674	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	802	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB178
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB178+hil