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VA · HB640FINAL · 2 COSPONSORS

Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration, filing of petition, notice of appeal.

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Plain-English Summary

Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration. Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered.

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 22, 2026

Who it affects
voter

Eliminates the ability for any voter to challenge another voter's right to cast a ballot at a polling place on election day. Also eliminates the ability for any three voters to challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar, though challenges can still be made via a petition to the circuit court.

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Who This AffectsAI analysis
  • voterdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

    Eliminates the ability for any voter to challenge another voter's right to cast a ballot at a polling place on election day. Also eliminates the ability for any three voters to challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar, though challenges can still be made via a petition to the circuit court.

    Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot.· Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration.
    The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered.· Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration.
What the Bill Does
  • Eliminates the ability for any voter to challenge another voter's ballot at a polling place on election day.
  • Eliminates the ability for any three voters to challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar.
  • Allows voter registration challenges to be made only by filing a petition with the circuit court.
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