State Rep Jim Cox (R-129) reports that The House State Government Committee recently testimony on several bills designed to focus on solutions to improve the administration, oversight and integrity of the Commonwealth election processing.
This is the first step in the process of committee consideration of these bills, Cox said.
The bills are:
• House Bill 1142 would eliminate the distribution of political material inside election polling centers, according to Cox.
• House Bill 1371 would criminalize the circulation and submission of nominating petitions with false signatures, according to Cox.
• House Bill 1572 would eliminate the practice of straight-party voting, according to Cox (albeit after reading the bill we do not see how this does it)
• House Bill 1827 would permit registered voters to monitor any election district, according to Cox.
• House Bill 1830 would increase criminal penalties for voter intimidation, according to Cox
• House Bill 1835 would allow registered county electors to fill vacant minority inspector positions, according to Cox.