2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25100051D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1566

Offered January 8, 2025

Prefiled December 18, 2024

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-613.1, relating to elections; absentee ballot security measures; watermark.

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Patron—Green

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Committee Referral Pending

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-613.1 as follows:

§ 24.2-613.1. Absentee ballot security measures; watermark.

Any ballot mailed to a voter pursuant to § 24.2-706 shall be printed on security paper that incorporates a visible watermark that identifies the ballot as an official ballot in a manner that preserves the absolute secrecy of the ballot.