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Fairfax committee reviews a package of election bills covering registration data, candidate challenges and oversight of election officers
Summary
Staff briefed supervisors on several election-related bills: codifying sources for list maintenance, a 45-day limit on candidate qualification challenges (with a residency exception), new provisional ballot reporting and proposals changing removal and appeal rights for registrars and electoral-board members.
Fairfax County staff briefed the Board of Supervisors' Legislative Committee on Jan. 31 about a set of election-related bills moving through the General Assembly, and recommended positions reflecting administrative concerns, ballot security and local control.
Jennifer Rennie, deputy director (elections staff), explained House Bill 2002 would codify which data sources registrars may use for voter-list maintenance. "This bill simply codifies what is already elect's informal guidance on the matter," County Attorney Martin Desjardins said, noting the bill seeks to limit registrars to certain official sources and revise language that previously protected same-day registrants.
On candidate challenges, staff described Senate Bill 940, which would set a…
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