Virginia House Bill 2278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Voter registration; political party affiliation; closed primary elections. Adds political party affiliation to the information that an applicant is asked to provide when registering to vote. The political party affiliation or independent status selected by the voter is included in his registration record, and the bill permits voters to change political party affiliation by providing notice in writing or through electronic means authorized by the State Board of Election. The bill provides that only voters who are registered as affiliated with a political party, or who are designated as independent, are permitted to vote in that political party's primary election. Voters who are registered on or before January 1, 2022, will be designated as independent, and the general registrars are required to notify the voters of such fact and include instructions on how the voter may change his affiliation beginning January 1, 2022. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Voter registration; political party affiliation, closed primary elections.

Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]
Del. Bill Wiley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2021-01-19	House	Assigned P & E sub: Election Administration
2021-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-14	House	Presented and ordered printed 21102536D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	418	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	423.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	530	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	535	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	703	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	703.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2278
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2278+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2278F122+PDF