24.2-444 - Duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections as to voter registration records; public inspection; exceptions.
§ 24.2-444. Duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections as tovoter registration records; public inspection; exceptions.
A. Registration records shall be kept and preserved by the general registrarin compliance with §§ 2.2-3803, 2.2-3808, and 24.2-114. The State Board shallprovide to each general registrar, for each precinct in his county or city,lists of registered voters for inspection and lists of persons registeringpursuant to §§ 24.2-442 and 24.2-443.3. The lists shall contain the name,address, year of birth, gender and all election districts applicable to eachregistered voter. The lists shall be opened to public inspection at theoffice of the general registrar when the office is open for business. Newlists shall be provided not less than once each year to all localities exceptthose in which an updated list is made available electronically for publicinspection, and supplements containing additions, deletions, and changesshall be provided not less than (i) weekly during the 60 days preceding anygeneral election and (ii) monthly at other times. Notwithstanding any otherprovision of law regarding the retention of records, upon receipt of any newcomplete list, the general registrar shall destroy the obsolete list and itssupplements. The State Board shall provide to each general registrar lists ofpersons denied registration for public inspection. Such lists may be providedelectronically through the Virginia voter registration system and produced inwhole or in part upon a request for public inspection.
B. The general registrars shall maintain for at least two years and shallmake available for public inspection and copying and, where available,photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementationof programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracyand currency of the registration records pursuant to §§ 24.2-427, 24.2-428and 24.2-428.1, including lists of the names and addresses of all persons towhom notices are sent, and information concerning whether each person hasresponded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records is made.
C. No list provided by the State Board under subsection A nor any record madeavailable for public inspection under subsection B shall contain any of thefollowing information: (i) an individual's social security number, or anypart thereof; (ii) the residence address of an individual who has furnished apost office box address in lieu of his residence address as authorized bysubsection B of § 24.2-418; (iii) the declination by an individual toregister to vote and related records; (iv) the identity of a voterregistration agency through which a particular voter is registered; or (v)the day and month of birth of an individual. No voter registration recordsother than the lists provided by the State Board under subsection A and therecords made available under subsection B shall be open to public inspection.
(Code 1950, § 24-113; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-56; 1993, c. 641; 1994, c. 656;1996, cc. 72, 73; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2007, cc. 311, 318;2008, c. 379; 2009, c. 318.)