Summary: Absentee voting; no excuse. Allows any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current list of statutory reasons for which a person may be entitled to vote by absentee ballot and consolidates multiple sections relating to absentee voting by uniformed and overseas voters into one section and multiple sections related to absentee voting by persons with a disability into one section.

Summary: Elections; early voting. Allows any registeredvoter to vote early in any election in which he is qualified to votewithout providing a reason or making prior application for an absenteeballot. The bill requires that early voting be available beginningthe twenty-first day prior to any general election, the seventh day prior to any special election held on a date other than the dateof a general election, and the seventh day prior to any primary election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately precedingthe election. The bill further requires early voting to be availableduring regular business hours each weekday during the applicableperiod, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on each Saturday during the applicableperiod, and from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on each Sunday during theapplicable period. The bill removes the current provisions for votingabsentee in person but retains those provisions for voting an absenteeballot by mail, including the application requirement and the listof statutory reasons that allow a registered voter to vote absenteeby mail.

Summary: Absentee voting; eligibility of certain caregivers. Entitles a person to vote absentee if he is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of the election because he is primarily andpersonally responsible for the care of an ill or disabled individualwho is confined at home. Currently, such caregivers are entitledto vote absentee only if the ill or disabled individual who is confinedat home is a family member of the caregiver.

Summary: Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older. Entitlesa person who will be age 65 or older on the day of an election tovote by absentee ballot in that election.

Summary: Absentee voting; no-excuse in-person available21 days prior to election. Allows for any registered voter tovote by absentee ballot in person beginning on the twenty-first dayprior to any election in which he is qualified to vote without providinga reason or making prior application for an absentee ballot. Thebill makes absentee voting in person available beginning on the forty-fifthday prior to the election and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturdayimmediately preceding the election. The bill retains the currentprovisions for voting an absentee ballot by mail or in person prior to the twenty-first day before the election, including the application requirement and the list of statutory reasons for absentee voting.

Summary: Absentee voting; no excuse required when votingin person. Provides that any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in person in any election in which he is qualified to votewithout providing a reason for being unable to vote in person onelection day. The bill retains the statutory list of reasons allowinga voter to cast an absentee ballot by mail.

Summary: Absentee voting; counting military and overseasabsentee ballots received after close of polls on election day.Provides that absentee ballots cast by military and overseas absenteevoters that are (i) received after the close of the polls on anyelection day but before 5:00 p.m. on the second business day beforethe State Board meets to ascertain the results of the election and(ii) postmarked on or before the date of such election are to becounted if the voter is found entitled to vote. The bill providesthat a postmark includes any other official indicia of confirmationof mailing by the United States Postal Service or other postal ordelivery service. Under current law, such ballots cast by militaryand overseas absentee voters would be counted in this manner regardlessof the date of any postmark, but only if the absentee ballot hadbeen requested on or before, but not sent by, the deadline for makingabsentee ballots available.

Summary: Absentee voting; no excuse. Allows forany registered voter to vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he is qualified to vote. The bill removes the current listof statutory reasons for which a person may be entitled to vote byabsentee ballot and consolidates multiple sections relating to absenteevoting by uniformed and overseas voters into one section and multiplesections related to absentee voting by persons with a disability into one section.

Summary: Absentee voting; persons age 65 or older. Entitlesa person who will be age 65 or older on the day of an election tovote by absentee ballot in that election.

Summary: Post-election deadlines; provisional ballotsand absentee ballots. Extends from the third day after the election to the first Monday after the election the deadline by which a personvoting provisionally due to lack of an accepted form of identificationat the polling place has until to submit a copy of one of the acceptedforms of identification to the electoral board in order to have hisvote counted. The bill also provides that absentee ballots that arereturned to the general registrar after the closing of the pollson election day but before noon on the first Monday after the electionand that are postmarked on or before the date of the election shallbe counted if the voter is found entitled to vote.

Summary: Voter registration; extended time for new UnitedStates citizens to register. Allows a person who becomes a naturalizedUnited States citizen after the close of registration records, andwho is otherwise qualified to vote, to register to vote up to andincluding the day of the election. The bill requires the Departmentof Elections to prescribe procedures for the addition of personsregistered under the provisions of the bill to the lists of registeredvoters.

Summary: Voter registration; permitted up to and includingelection day. Repeals the deadline for registering to vote inadvance of an election and allows eligible voters to register atany time, including the day of the election. A person who is eligibleto vote, but is not registered, may register and be permitted tovote on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct of which he is a resident and (i) providing certain identifying information; (ii) signing a statement, subject to felonypenalties, that he is a qualified voter of that precinct but fornot being registered to vote; and (iii) providing proof of residency. Residency may be proven by presenting (a) his valid Virginia driver'slicense or other photo identification issued by the Commonwealth,one of its political subdivisions, or the United States that containsa valid address in the precinct or (b) any document that contains a valid address in the precinct together with one of the forms of identification accepted for purposes of voting. The bill requiresthe State Board to provide instructions for the prompt addition ofthe voter to the Virginia voter registration system on the day ofthe election.