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Back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration; work group to study implementation.

It became law on Apr 13.

VA HB 319 · House Bill · 2026

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  1. Introduced (Done)

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    Apr 13

What it does

Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. Directs the Department of Elections to convene a work group for the purpose of studying the implementation of back-end, opt-out automatic voter registration (AVR) in the Commonwealth. The work group shall include representatives of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General, in addition to members of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections, general registrars, and organizations advocating for or working on voting rights and data privacy. The work group is tasked with considering the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of…

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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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