Bill Text: VA SB55 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Absentee ballots; procedure for various deadlines and ballot requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449) [SB55 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-SB55-Prefiled.html
10100889D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §24.2-702.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §24.2-702.1. Federal write-in absentee ballots. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a qualified absentee voter who is eligible for an absentee ballot under subdivision 2 of §24.2-700 may use a federal write-in absentee ballot in general, special, and primary elections for federal, state, and local office. Such ballot shall be submitted and processed in the manner provided by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. §1973ff et seq.) and this article. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a
federal write-in absentee ballot submitted pursuant to subsection A shall be
considered valid for purposes of simultaneously satisfying both an absentee
ballot application and a completed absentee ballot for federal, state, and local offices |