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§ 24.2-703.2 Replacement absentee ballots for certain disabled or ill voters; penalty

A person with a disability or illness who has applied for and has been sent an absentee ballot who did not receive or has lost the absentee ballot on or before the Saturday before the election may obtain a replacement absentee ballot. In such case, the voter may request a replacement absentee ballot by the close of business for the local elections office on the Saturday before election day and designate, in writing, a representative to obtain a replacement absentee ballot on his behalf from the general registrar and to return the properly completed ballot as directed by the general registrar no later than the close of polls on the day of election for which the absentee ballot is valid. The representative shall be age 18 or older and shall not be an elected official, a candidate for elected office, or the deputy, spouse, parent, or child of an elected official or candidate. The voter and representative shall complete the form prescribed by the State Board to implement the provisions of this section. The form shall include a statement signed by the voter that he did not receive the ballot or has lost the ballot. Statements on the form shall be subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to § 24.2-1016.

History

This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 23 and 141 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 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter 880; in 2015, chapters 644 and 645; in 2019, chapters 668 and 669; in 2020, chapters 1149, 1151, and 1201.

2002, cc. 23, 141; 2008, c. 880; 2015, cc. 644, 645; 2019, cc. 668, 669; 2020, cc. 1149, 1151, 1201.

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Amendment Attempts

HB11: Absentee voting and ballot applications; no qualification for voters to use. (failed)

HB334: Absentee voting and ballot applications; no qualification for voters to use. (failed)

HB562: Absentee voting; eliminates present list of reasons entitling voter to cast absentee ballot. (failed)

HB2574: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. (failed)

HB3001: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. (failed)

SB986: Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (failed)

SB1274: Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (failed)

HB310: Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (failed)

HB907: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. (failed)

SB7: Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee.

SB646: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee in person without providing reason.

HB310: Absentee voting; persons with a disability or illness may vote absentee. (failed)

HB1621: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions for military. (failed)

HB2301: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions for military. (failed)

SB1010: Absentee voting; persons age 65 and older may vote absentee. (failed)

HB157: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. (failed)

HB1401: Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions. (failed)

HB1433: General registrars; reassigning duties of the electoral board. (passed)

SB1092: General registrars; reassigning duties of the electoral board. (passed)

HB733: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election. (failed)

SB136: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election.

SB602: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election.

HB1641: Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee. (failed)

HB1959: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election. (failed)

HB2790: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person, beginning on 2nd Sat. immediately preceding election. (passed)

SB136: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election. (failed)

SB602: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election. (failed)

SB1026: Absentee voting; no-excuse, in-person, beginning on second Saturday immediately preceding election. (passed)

SB1035: Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee.

SB1075: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available 21 days prior to election.

SB1672: Absentee voting; no-excuse absentee. (failed)

HB1: Absentee voting; no excuse required. (passed)

HB25: Absentee voting; no excuse required.

HB207: Absentee voting; no excuse required, permanent absentee voter list. (passed)

HB209: Absentee voting; no excuse required.

SB45: Absentee voting; no excuse required.

SB111: Absentee voting; no excuse required. (passed)

SB879: Absentee voting; no excuse required.

HB35: Absentee voting; excuse required to vote absentee by mail, etc. (failed)

SB552: Absentee voting; excuse required to vote absentee by mail, signature match. (failed)

HB1812: Foreign interference in elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of elections. (failed)

HB1847: Elections; registration, absentee, and conduct of election. (failed)

SB884: Elections; registration, absentee voting, and conduct of election. (failed)

HB393: Election reform. (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)

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