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Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; report. Makes the decision to conduct an election by ranked choice voting subject to a determination of feasibility by the State Board of Elections. The bill provides procedures for tabulating and reporting results of elections conducted using ranked choice voting, including procedures for duplicating damaged or defective ballots. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards for and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting and to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting. The bill permits the State Board of Elections to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election conducted by ranked choice voting. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Elections to review the testing and approval framework for voting equipment in the Commonwealth and submit a report of such review no later than the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 9 co
Passed by for the day
Senate sustained Governor's veto
Vetoed by Governor
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1009)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1009ER)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1009)
Committee substitute printed 25107301D-H1
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned PE sub: Election Administration
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
Reported from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104511D
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Senate sustained Governor's veto
Saddam Azlan Salim
Shelly A. Simonds
Jennifer B. Boysko
Adam P. Ebbin
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Joshua G. Cole
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler
Jackie H. Glass
Phil M. Hernandez