§ 24.2-464 Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot
Statute
The Commissioner, in coordination with local election officials, shall implement a free-access system by which a covered voter may determine whether:
1. The voter’s federal postcard application or other registration or military-overseas ballot application has been received and accepted; and
2. The voter’s military-overseas ballot has been received and the current status of the ballot.
- Cross-References:
- Military/ overseas voting
- Uniformed Military and Overseas Voters Act
- Voter Registration
1. Definition for Coordination
An expenditure that is made (i) at the express request or suggestion of a candidate, a candidate’s campaign committee, or an agent of the candidate or his campaign committee or (ii) with material involvement of the candidate, a candidate’s campaign committee, or an agent of the candidate or his campaign committee in devising the strategy, content, means of dissemination, or timing of the expenditure.
See § 24.2-945.1.
2. Definition for Covered voter
a. A uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in this state;
b. A uniformed-service voter defined in subdivision 9 a whose voting residence is in this state and who otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements, including subdivision 2 of § 24.2-700;
c. An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this state and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;
d. An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in this state had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements; or
e. An overseas voter who was born outside the United States, is not described in subdivision c or d, and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements, if:
(1) The last place where a parent or legal guardian of the voter was, or under this chapter would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this state; and
(2) The voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state.
See § 24.2-452.
3. Definition for Military-overseas ballot
a. A federal write-in absentee ballot;
b. A ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this title; or
c. A ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this title.
See § 24.2-452.
4. Definition for Federal postcard application
The application prescribed under § 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301(b)(2).
See § 24.2-452.
5. Definition for Election
A general, primary, or special election.
See § 24.2-101.