HB 493 — Absentee voting; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the Internet.
VA 20261 session
Elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet. Requires the Department of Elections to make available to all localities a tool to allow a voter with a visual impairment or print disability or a covered voter to receive, mark, and return his absentee ballot electronically through the internet. The bill makes the tool available through the internet in lieu of other currently available assistive technologies.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (1)
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — sponsor
Action timeline (10)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1801 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H1812 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · house · H1843 —
- · house · H1840 —
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | HPE Sub: Election Administration | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to HPE Sub: Election Administration · va-leg