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HB 968 — Election results; counting machine-readable ballots, processing absentee ballots.

VA 20261 session

Election results; counting machine-readable ballots; processing absentee ballots. Requires ballot scanner machines to be used to count machine-readable ballots and prohibits such ballots from being counted by hand unless (i) the ballot scanner machine is inoperative, (ii) there is no other available scanner, and (iii) it would be unreasonable to wait for (a) the inoperative ballot scanner to be made operative or (b) an operative ballot scanner machine to be delivered to the polling place rather than hand counting the ballots. "Ballot scanner machine" and "machine-readable ballot" are defined terms under current law. The bill also provides that if, in the processing and counting of provisional and absentee ballots, any machine-readable ballot is damaged or defective, a team of election officials representing both parties shall make a true duplicate copy of such damaged ballot as a substitute for such damaged ballot. This bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (1)
Action timeline (45)
  1. · house · H4020 —
  2. · house · H1801 —
  3. · house · H1812 —
  4. · house · H1816 —
  5. · house · H8500 —
  6. · house · H8122 —
  7. · house · H1808 —
  8. · house · H4640 —
  9. · house · H4110 —
  10. · house · H4120 —
  11. · house · H4410 —
  12. · house · H4601 —
  13. · house · H5000 —
  14. · senate · S4140 —
  15. · senate · S0801 —
  16. · house · H8500 —
  17. · senate · S8122 —
  18. · senate · S8122 —
  19. · senate · S0808 —
  20. · senate · S8122 —
  21. · senate · S4640 —
  22. · senate · S4150 —
  23. · senate · S4145 —
  24. · senate · S4160 —
  25. · senate · S4150 —
  26. · senate · S4160 —
  27. · house · H8500 —
  28. · senate · S4130 —
  29. · senate · S4160 —
  30. · senate · S4160 —
  31. · senate · S4130 —
  32. · senate · S4130 —
  33. · senate · S4410 —
  34. · senate · S4601 —
  35. · senate · S5022 —
  36. · house · H5432 —
  37. · house · H5610 —
  38. · house · H5601 —
  39. · house · H8500 —
  40. · senate · S5620 —
  41. · house · H5620 —
  42. · house · H7010 —
  43. · G7010 —
  44. · G7050 —
  45. · G9998 —
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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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA)sponsor0—5
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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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