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HB 493

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Absentee voting; ballots received, marked, and cast electronically through the Internet.
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Latest Action · Jul 21, 2026
Continued from last session
Session
2027
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Primary Sponsor
Patrick A. Hope· primary

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A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-103.2, 24.2-704, and 24.2-706 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; absentee voting; accessibility; ballots received, marked, and returned electronically through the internet. 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.

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