Summary: Charter; Town of Nassawadox. Updates thecharter for the Town of Nassawadox to reflect the town's shift ofmunicipal elections from May to November.

Summary: Charter; Town of Crewe; town council; electionsand powers. Makes various changes to the charter for the Townof Crewe in Nottoway County, including (i) staggering town councilelections; (ii) changing from three to two the number of town councilmembers required to call a special meeting; and (iii) transferringfrom the town council to the town manager the authority to appoint,suspend, or terminate the chief of police with majority approval by the town council. The bill also repeals provisions related to theestablishment of a municipal court.

Summary: Charter; Town of Appomattox. Shifts localelections for the Town of Appomattox from May to November and staggersthe election of members of the town council. The bill makes organizationalchanges to provisions related to the election and appointment oftown officers.

Summary: Voter registration; failure of online voterregistration system; deadline extension. Provides that in theevent that a failure of the Virginia online voter registration systemoccurs prior to the close of registration records, the Governor hasthe authority to order the online voter registration system to beavailable for registration activities after the date for closingthe registration records for a period of time equal to the amountof time during which the online voter registration system was unavailablefor registration activities, rounded up to the nearest whole day.

Summary: Absentee voting; unsolicited absentee ballotapplications; required information. Requires any individual ororganization sending an application for an absentee ballot to a registeredvoter that was not solicited or requested by the registered voterto include with the application instructions on completing the applicationand submitting it to the appropriate general registrar. The billrequires a statement that the application is not being sent by anystate or local government official or agency on the envelope containingthe application or on the first page of any enclosed materials. Suchindividuals and organizations are required to use the informationprovided in the list of registered voters acquired by such individualor organization from the Department of Elections pursuant to law, and a violation of this requirement is a Class 4 misdemeanor. Thebill requires the Department of Elections to ensure, when providingthe list of registered voters to such individual or organization for purposes of sending unsolicited absentee ballot applications, thatno voter is included on the list provided if such voter has appliedfor an absentee ballot on or before the date the list is requested.

Summary: Abstract of votes; when required to containaccounting of absentee ballots by precinct. Requires that if any precinct in a locality has 100 or more absentee ballots castby voters assigned to it, the abstract of votes contain an accounting,by precinct, of the number of absentee ballots cast by voters assignedto each precinct in the locality. The bill has a delayed effectivedate of January 1, 2022.

Summary: Absentee voting; procedural and process reforms; availability and accessibility reforms; penalty. Makes various reforms to absentee voting processes and procedures, including those related to availability and accessibility. The bill requires certain actions to be taken to process absentee ballots returned before the day of an election, including verifying the correct completion of the voter affirmation statement, and provides for an opportunity for an absentee voter to make corrections to the statement in certain circumstances. The bill requires the establishment of drop-off locations for the return of voted absentee ballots. Additionally, a central absentee voter precinct is required to be established in each locality; currently, establishment is optional. On the day of the election, officers of election are required to begin processing absentee ballots in the central absentee voter precincts prior to the close of polls, but no ballot vote counts are permitted to be transmitted outside of the central absentee voter precinct before the close of polls; a violation of such prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor. When reporting election results to the Department of Elections, the general registrars are required to report absentee ballots cast early in person separately from all other absentee ballots. Additionally, a voter who has applied for and received an absentee ballot may choose to instead vote at his polling place on election day, and such voter shall be entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill requires a ballot marking tool with screen reader assistive technology to be made available for absentee voters with a print disability. Restrictions on the availability of absentee voting for first-time voters who registered by mail are repealed. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational and readability purposes.