Bill Text: VA HB648 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Candidates in election; required filings to be submitted to State Board of Elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections [HB648 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB648-Prefiled.html
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10102111D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§24.2-502, 24.2-505, 24.2-507, 24.2-522, 24.2-523, 24.2-524, and 24.2-947.1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §24.2-502. Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy. It shall be a requirement of candidacy that a written
statement of economic interests shall be filed by (i) a candidate for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General with the The §24.2-505. Declaration of candidacy required of independent candidates. A. Any person, other than a candidate for a party nomination or a party nominee, who intends to be a candidate for any office to be elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth at large or of a congressional district shall file a declaration of candidacy with the State Board, on a form prescribed by the Board, designating the office for which he is a candidate. The written declaration shall be attested by two witnesses who are qualified voters of the Commonwealth or of the congressional district, or acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgements to deeds. The declaration shall be signed by the candidate, but if he is incapable of writing his proper signature then some mark adopted by him as his signature shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. The State Board shall notify the respective secretaries of the appropriate electoral boards of the qualified candidates who have so filed. B. Any person, other than a candidate for a party nomination
or party nominee, who intends to be a candidate for election to the General
Assembly shall file a declaration of candidacy with the C. Any person, other than a candidate for a party nomination or party nominee, who intends to be a candidate at any election for any other office shall file a declaration of candidacy with the general registrar of the county or city where he resides. The declaration shall be in all respects the same as that required to be given to the State Board by statewide and congressional district candidates. The general registrar shall, within three days after receiving the declaration, deliver it in person or transmit it by certified mail, along with the petitions required by §24.2-506 or copies thereof, to the secretaries of the electoral boards of the counties or cities whose electors vote for the office. He shall transmit the names of the candidates who have filed with him to the State Board immediately after the filing deadline. D. If requested in writing by a candidate filing pursuant to subsection B or C, the State Board or secretary of the electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify him of any irregularity in the declaration or petitions which can be corrected prior to the filing deadline. §24.2-507. Deadlines for filing declarations and petitions of candidacy. For any office, declarations of candidacy and the petitions therefor shall be filed according to the following schedule: 1. For a general election in November, by 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday in June; 2. For a general election in May, by 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March; 3. For a special election held at the same time as a November general election, either (i) at least seventy-four days before the election or (ii) if the special election is being held at the second November election after the vacancy occurred, by 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday in June before that November election; 4. For a special election held at the same time as a May general election, by 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March; or 5. For a special election held at a time other than a general election, (i) at least thirty days before the election or (ii) within five days of any writ of election or order calling a special election to be held less than thirty-five days after the issuance of the writ or order. §24.2-522. When and to whom filings to be made. A. Declarations of candidacy, petitions, and receipts indicating the payment of filing fees shall be filed not earlier than noon of the seventy-seventh day and not later than 5:00 p.m. of the sixtieth day before the primary. B. Except as provided in subsection C, candidates for nomination shall file their declarations, petitions, and receipts with the chairman or chairmen of the several committees of the respective parties. C. Any candidate for nomination for United States Senator,
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, The State Board shall transmit the material so filed to the state chairman of the party of the candidate on the fifty-ninth day before the primary. The sealed containers containing the petitions for a candidate may be opened only by the state chairman of the party of the candidate. §24.2-523. Candidates to pay fee at filing. Every candidate for nomination for any office at any primary
shall, In case of an office for which compensation is paid in whole or in part by fees, the amount to be paid by a candidate as his contribution for the payment of the expenses of the primary shall be fixed by the proper committee of the respective parties. If there is no salary or fee attached to the office, the fee for primary expenses shall be five dollars. This provision includes candidates for party committees in §24.2-518. §24.2-524. To whom fees paid; refund of fees. A. Candidates for United States Senators, for representatives in Congress, for the General Assembly, and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General shall pay the primary fee to the State Board of Elections. The primary fees shall be credited by the Board to a fund to be known as the "state primary fee fund." The Board shall refund the fee by warrant upon the state primary fee fund in the event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, becomes a candidate and is not opposed, or must refile for any reason. All other primary fees paid to the Board shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund out of which the Board pays the Commonwealth's expenses for the primary. B. All other candidates shall pay the fee to the treasurer, or director of finance if there is no treasurer, of the city or county in which they reside. The treasurer or director of finance shall pay back the fee in the event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, or becomes a candidate and must refile for any reason. In the event the candidate is unopposed, the State Board or the local electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify, no less than 45 days before the primary, the treasurer or director of finance to whom the fee was paid that the candidate is unopposed and shall provide the name and mailing address for returning the fee to the candidate. The treasurer or director of finance promptly shall return the fee to the candidate. All other primary fees paid a county or city treasurer or director of finance shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund of the county or city out of which the expenses of the primary were paid by the county or city. C. A receipt for the payment of the fee must be attached to the declaration of candidacy; otherwise the declaration shall not be received or filed. §24.2-947.1. Statement of organization. A. Any individual seeking or campaigning for an office of the
Commonwealth or one of its governmental units in a party nomination process or
general, primary, or special election, shall file a statement of organization
B. Candidates for statewide office shall file the statement with the State Board. Candidates for the General Assembly shall file the statement with the State Board and a copy of the statement with the local electoral board of the candidate's residence. Candidates for local or constitutional office shall file the statement with the local electoral board and, if the statement indicates that the candidate committee will be filing electronically, a copy with the State Board. C. The statement of organization shall include the following information: 1. The full name and residence address of the candidate; 2. The full name and mailing address for the campaign committee; 3. The full name, residence address, and daytime phone number of the treasurer; 4. The office being sought and district, if any, for the office; 5. The recognized political party affiliation of the candidate for statewide office or the General Assembly. In the absence of any political party affiliation, independent shall be used; 6. The name of the financial institution for his campaign depository; and 7. Such other information as shall be required by the State Board except that the account number for a designated depository account shall not be required. D. In the case of any candidate who seeks election for successive terms in the same office, the statement of organization filed by the candidate shall continue in effect for such successive elections, but the candidate shall file notice of any changes in the information provided on the form within 10 days of the change with the State Board, local electoral board, or both, as appropriate. |
