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Committee reports bill shortening voter registration deadlines to 10 days

2128334 · January 17, 2025

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Summary

The House Privileges and Elections Committee reported House Bill 1735, which shortens certain voter registration cutoffs, to the floor on a committee vote of 18-2 after the election administration subcommittee approved it 8-0.

The House Privileges and Elections Committee voted to report House Bill 1735 to the floor after an election administration subcommittee recommended it. The committee recorded an 18-2 vote to report the bill.

The bill, introduced by Delegate Cole, would move the voter registration deadline for primary and general elections from 21 days before the election to 10 days before the election, and would move the registration deadline for certain special elections from 13 days to 10 days. The election administration subcommittee reported the bill favorably on an 8-0 vote before the full committee took up the measure.

Committee members posed no substantive questions during the floor report. The committee clerk opened the roll for a recorded vote; the measure was approved 18 to 2 and forwarded to the House floor.