Bill Text: VA HB1532 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Voter registration; digital list of registered voters and persons voting at elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB1532 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1532-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§24.2-405 and 24.2-406 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-405. Lists of registered voters.
A. The Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable price, digital lists of all registered voters for their districts at no cost and manually prepared paper lists at
actual cost to (i) candidates for election or political
party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party committees or
officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action
committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the
Department of Elections pursuant to §24.2-949.2, or with the Federal Elections
Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent
officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit
organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only, and (vi) commissioners of the
revenue, as defined in §58.1-3100, and treasurers, as defined in §58.1-3123,
for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The Department shall
provide, at no charge, the courts of the Commonwealth and the United States
with the lists for their districts for jury selection purposes no more than two
times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a reasonable price, such lists
any other time in that same 12-month period. The lists shall be furnished to no
one else and used for no other purpose. However, the Department of Elections is
authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system to general
registrars for their official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and
other appropriate state agencies for maintenance of the voter registration
system, and to the Chief Election Officers of other states for maintenance of
voter registration systems.
B. The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of Elections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "census liaison" shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. §16.
C. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter registration systems.
D. Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of §24.2-418.
E. No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose.
§24.2-406. Lists of persons voting at elections.
A. The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, digital lists of persons who
voted at any primary, special, or general election held in the four preceding
years at no cost, and manually prepared paper lists at
actual cost, to (i) candidates for election or political
party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party committees or
officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action
committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the
Department of Elections pursuant to §24.2-949.2 or with the Federal Elections
Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent
officeholders to report to their constituents, and (v) members of the public or
a nonprofit organization seeking to promote voter participation and
registration by means of a communication or mailing without intimidation or
pressure exerted on the recipient, for that purpose only. Such lists shall be
furnished to no one else and shall be used only for campaign and political
purposes and for reporting to constituents. Unless such lists are not available
due to a pending recount or election contest, the general registrar shall
submit the list of persons who voted to the Department of Elections within 14
days after each election. The general registrars of localities using
nonelectronic pollbooks shall submit the list of persons who voted to the
Department of Elections within seven days after the pollbooks are released from
the possession of the clerk of court. The Department of Elections shall make
available such lists no later than seven days after receiving them from the
general registrar.
B. The Department of Elections shall furnish to the Chief Election Officer of another state, on request and at a reasonable price, lists of persons who voted at any primary, special, or general election held for the four preceding years. Such lists shall be used only for the purpose of maintenance of voter registration systems and shall be transmitted in accordance with security policies approved by the State Board of Elections.
C. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter, except for a list furnished to the Chief Election Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter registration systems.
D. Any list furnished under this section shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of §24.2-418.