Lacey E. Putney

Infobox State Representative
name =Lacey E. Putney

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width =145
state_delegate =Virginia
district =19th
term_start =January 1962
term_end =
preceded =
succeeded = Incumbent
birth_date =birth date and age|1928|06|27
birth_place =Big Island, Virginia
residence =Bedford, Virginia
party =Independent
spouse =
religion =Baptist

Lacey E. Putney (born June 27, 1928) has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1962, representing Bedford, Virginia. He served as a Democrat until 1968, and since then has run for office as an independent, although he is caucuses with the House Republicans.

In June 2002 Republican House Speaker S. Vance Wilkins, Jr. resigned following revelations that he had paid a staffer to keep quiet about "unwanted sexual advances". [cite news |last = Melton | first = R.H. | title = Va. Speaker Settles Sex Complaint; Wilkins Paid Woman at Least $100,000, Denies Accusations | work = The Washington Post | page = A1 | date = 2002-06-07] The House selected Putney to serve as Acting Speaker until the following session in January 2003, when they elected the current Speaker, Republican William J. Howell.

As Chair of the Privileges and Elections Committee [ [http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/421281a745e94fae852570c90063d035/5c5624ac192e17cd852570c9005907d5?OpenDocument 2007 HOUSE OF DELEGATES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS] ] , Putney blocked numerous electoral reform bills, including the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact [ [http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+sum+HB2742 HB 2742] ] and bills to introduce Instant Runoff Voting on a test basis [ [http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+sum+HB956 HB 956] ] . He now chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee. [ [http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/99bdc8fb3aae50dd85256c13005f6bd7/35dc331472b0f97f85256b3d0003e66d?OpenDocument Virginia House of Delegates: Appropriations Committee] ]

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