Follow-up to my previous post. From The Washington Post:
This year, there were echoes — distant perhaps — of Webster vs. Clay as delegates debated clotheslines. The energy-saving bill, sponsored by Sen. Linda T. “Toddy” Puller (D-Fairfax), would have prevented rule-happy homeowner associations from banning clotheslines.
Taking aim at the bill as if wielding a rug-beater, Del. [...]
Apparently so:
The House of Delegates yesterday killed a bill regarding “wind energy drying devices.”
Sounds fancy–until you realize that a “wind energy drying device” is, essentially, a clothesline.
[...]
First, delegates amended the bill to make it apply only to community associations in Northern Virginia.
That prompted Del. Bobby Orrock, R-Caroline, to join the debate.
Orrock said the policy should [...]
As “theRadical” pointed out in a comment on my post about Bobby Orrock’s proposed voted registration legislation, the portion of Bobby Orrock’s legislation which makes it illegal to pay someone to collect signatures or distribute voter registration forms on a per-signature rate has been ruled unconstitutional in Ohio (specifically by the Southern District of Ohio [...]
Thank God.
As I pointed out a couple days ago, Bobby Orrock’s original version of HB 2642 was a monstrosity which required that anyone, who distributed a voter registration form to a citizen, register with the State Board of Elections (SBE) and provide quarterly reports to the SBE about who conducted voter registration activities and where [...]
At least that’s what can be determined by his sponsorship of HB2642:
Elections; voter registration procedures and revisions; duties of the State Board of Elections with respect to registration procedures; payments for petition signatures or registrations; penalties. Provides various revisions in voter registration procedures: (i) requires proof of citizenship with registration applications effective January 1, 2010; [...]
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