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§ 24.2-404.3 Duty of Department of Elections; verification of registered voter lists

On or before October 1 of each year, the Department shall conduct a match of the Virginia registered voter lists with the list of deceased persons maintained by the Social Security Administration.

History

This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter 740.

2009, c. 492; 2015, c. 740.

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Amendment Attempts

HB2642: Elections; verification of registered voter lists. (passed)

HB2062: Elections administration; pre-election and post-election activities. (passed)

SB300: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. (failed)

HB1652: Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. (failed)

HB1657: Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. (failed)

HB2057: Voter registration; automatic registration of hunting, fishing, and milk distributor license. (failed)

HB2276: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. (failed)

HB2434: Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. (failed)

HB2586: Voter registration; automatic registration upon application for hunting and fishing license. (failed)

SB764: Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. (failed)

SB813: Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. (failed)

SB1070: Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. (failed)

HB28: Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. (failed)

HB215: Voter registration; list maintenance, third-party data exchanges approved by State Bd. of Elections. (passed)

HB964: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. (passed)

HB966: Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program); use by Dept. of Elections.

HB972: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. (passed)

HB1131: Elections; identification containing a photograph required and excuse required to vote absentee.

SB52: Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records.

SB162: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. (passed)

SB544: Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.