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Code of Virginia
Title 24.2. Elections
Chapter 1.1. Rights of Voters
8/19/2026

§ 24.2-125. Short title; definitions.

A. This chapter may be cited as the "Voting Rights Act of Virginia."

B. For purposes of this chapter,

"Protected class" means a group of citizens protected from discrimination based on race or color or membership in a language minority group.

"Racially polarized voting" means the extent to which the candidate preferences of members of a protected class and other voters in the jurisdiction have diverged in elections for the office at issue and other offices in which the voters have been presented with a choice between candidates who are members of the protected class and candidates who are not members of the protected class.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2026, c. 717.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.