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Code of Virginia
Title 24.2. Elections
10/14/2026

Title 24.2. Elections (2026 Updates)

  • Chapter 1. General Provisions and Administration
    • Article 1. Applicability; Definitions
    § 24.2-101
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Definitions
    § 24.2-101
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Definitions
    • Article 2. State Board of Elections
    § 24.2-103
    Powers and duties in general; report
    • Article 3. Local Electoral Boards
    § 24.2-107
    Meetings; quorum; notice; account of proceedings; seal; records open to inspection
    § 24.2-109
    Appointment and removal of general registrar; appointment of officers of election; powers and duties in general
  • Chapter 2. Federal, Commonwealth, and Local Officers
    • Article 2.1. Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
    § 24.2-209.1
    Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; form of compact
    § 24.2-209.1
    Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; form of compact
    § 24.2-209.2
    Appointment of presidential electors pursuant to Agreement
    § 24.2-209.2
    Appointment of presidential electors pursuant to Agreement
    • Article 7. Removal of Public Officers from Office
    § 24.2-232
    Vacancy occurring when officer adjudicated to lack capacity to understanding voting
  • Chapter 2.1. Presidential Electors
    • Article 2. Selection by Voters and Duties of Electors
    § 24.2-243
    Electors for President and Vice President
  • Chapter 3. Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places
    • Article 2. Congressional, Senatorial, and House of Delegates Districts
    § 24.2-304.05
    Legal boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts
    • Article 2.1. Reapportionment of Local Election Districts
    § 24.2-304.1
    At-large and district elections; reapportionment and redistricting of districts or wards; limits
    • Article 3. Requirements for Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places
    § 24.2-309.2
    Election precincts; prohibiting precinct changes for specified period of time
    • Article 5. Population Data
    § 24.2-314
    Population data; reallocation of certain populations
  • Chapter 4. Voter Registration
    • Article 1. Qualifications
    § 24.2-400.1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Persons entitled to register and vote; restoration of rights
    § 24.2-401
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Persons moving from precinct
    • Article 2. Virginia Voter Registration System
    § 24.2-404
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Duties of Department of Elections
    § 24.2-404
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Duties of Department of Elections
    § 24.2-404.3
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Duty of Department of Elections; verification of registered voter lists
    § 24.2-404.4
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Exchange of registered voter lists with other states
    § 24.2-407.2
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Security of the Virginia voter registration system
    • Article 2.1. List Maintenance
    § 24.2-407.3
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Duty of Department of Elections; list maintenance activities; annual review; report
    § 24.2-408
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Lists of deceased voters; State Registrar of Vital Records; Social Security Administration
    § 24.2-409
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Central Criminal Records Exchange to transmit lists of felony convictions to Department of Elections
    § 24.2-409
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Department of State Police to transmit lists of felony convictions to Department of Elections
    § 24.2-409.1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Department of Elections to transmit information pertaining to persons convicted of a felony in federal court
    § 24.2-409.1
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Department of Elections to transmit information pertaining to persons convicted of a felony in federal court
    § 24.2-409.2
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Information regarding pending releases from incarceration; deadlines for transmittal, processing
    § 24.2-410
    (Effective July 1, 2027, if the contingency in Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3 is met) Lists of certain adjudications; clerks of circuit courts
    § 24.2-410
    (Effective July 1, 2027, if the contingency in Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3 is not met) Lists of certain adjudications; clerks of circuit courts
    § 24.2-410.1
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Citizenship status; Department of Motor Vehicles to furnish lists of noncitizens
    § 24.2-410.2
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Security of the Virginia voter registration system
    § 24.2-410.3
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Exchange of registered voter lists with other states
    § 24.2-410.4
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Regular periodic review of registration records; confirmation notification process
    § 24.2-410.5
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Placement of inactive status; other initiating events for confirmation notification process
    § 24.2-410.6
    (Effective July 1, 2027) Return of registered voter to active status; cancellation after period of inactivity
    • Article 3. Locations and Times for Registration
    § 24.2-411
    Office of the general registrar
    § 24.2-413
    Additional registration locations; accessibility requirements; prohibited conduct
    • Article 4. Registration of Voters
    § 24.2-418
    (Effective January 1, 2027, if contingency in Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3 is not met) Application for registration
    § 24.2-418.2
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Registration bv persons previously incarcerated; safety net
    • Article 5. Cancellation of Registration
    § 24.2-426.1
    (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Cancellation of registration by voter
    § 24.2-427
    (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3) Cancellation of registration for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote
    § 24.2-427
    (Effective January 1, 2027, if contingency in Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3 is met) Cancellation of registration for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote
    § 24.2-427
    (Effective January 1, 2027, if contingency in Acts 2026, cc. 992 and 1081, cl. 3 is not met) Cancellation of registration for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote
    § 24.2-428
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Regular periodic review of registration records; notice to voters identified as having moved; placement on inactive status for failure to respond to notice
    § 24.2-428.1
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Other procedures for assigning registered voters to inactive status
    § 24.2-428.2
    (Repealed effective July 1, 2027) Return of registered voter to active status
    § 24.2-429
    Repealed
    § 24.2-430
    Repealed
    § 24.2-431
    Petition to court objecting to registration
    § 24.2-432
    Repealed
    § 24.2-433
    Repealed
    § 24.2-435
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Cancellation records to be retained for specified periods
    • Article 8. Registration Records Generally
    § 24.2-444
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Duties of general registrars and Department of Elections as to voter registration records; public inspection; exceptions
  • Chapter 5. Candidates for Office
    • Article 1. Qualifications and Requirements of All Candidates
    § 24.2-502
    Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy
    § 24.2-504.1
    (Effective January 1, 2027) Confidentiality of personally identifiable information
    • Article 2. Independent Candidates
    § 24.2-506
    (Effective January 1, 2027) Petition of qualified voters required; number of signatures required; certain towns excepted
    • Article 3. Nominations of Candidates by Political Parties
    § 24.2-510
    Deadlines for parties to nominate by methods other than primary
    • Article 4. Conduct of Primaries
    § 24.2-522
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) When and to whom filings to be made
    § 24.2-527
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Chairman or official to furnish State Board and general registrars with names of candidates and certify petition signature requirements met
    § 24.2-532
    Abstracts of votes
    • Article 8. Challenges to Candidate Qualifications
    § 24.2-546
    Challenges to candidate qualifications
  • Chapter 6. The Election
    • Article 1. General Provisions; Polling Places
    § 24.2-602.1
    Electoral board members to wear identification; civil penalty
    § 24.2-604
    Polling places; prohibited activities; prohibited area; penalties
    § 24.2-610
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Materials at polling places
    § 24.2-611
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Form and signing of pollbooks; records of persons voting; electronic pollbooks
    • Article 4. Conduct of Election; Election Results
    § 24.2-651
    Repealed
    § 24.2-652
    Voter whose name erroneously omitted from pollbook; provisional ballots
    § 24.2-653
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Provisional voting; procedures in polling place
    § 24.2-653.01
    (Effective September 1, 2026, until January 1, 2027) Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity
    § 24.2-653.01
    (Effective January 1, 2027) Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity
    § 24.2-654
    (Effective until September 1, 2026) Officers to lock and seal voting equipment and ascertain vote after polls closed; statement of results
    § 24.2-671
    Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results
    § 24.2-673.1
    Ranked choice voting
    § 24.2-675
    Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks
    § 24.2-676
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Secretary to make out and deliver certificate of election
    § 24.2-678
    Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded
    § 24.2-679
    State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes
    § 24.2-680
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Certificates of election
  • Chapter 7. Absentee Voting
    § 24.2-701.1
    Absentee voting in person
    § 24.2-703.1
    (Effective until July 1, 2027) Permanent absentee voter list
    § 24.2-705
    Emergency applications and absentee ballots for individual emergencies
    § 24.2-706
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Duty of general registrar on receipt of application; statement of voter
    § 24.2-707.1
    Drop-off locations for return of absentee ballots
    § 24.2-709
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Ballot to be returned in manner prescribed by law
    § 24.2-709.1
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Processing returned absentee ballots before election day; cure process
    § 24.2-709.2
    (Effective September 1, 2026) Processing absentee ballots; duplication of damaged or defective ballots
    § 24.2-711.1
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt; notice of reason for rejection
    § 24.2-712
    Central absentee voter precincts; counting ballots
  • Chapter 8. Recounts and Contested Elections
    • Article 1. Recounts
    § 24.2-802.1
    Preliminary hearing; court to fix procedure for recount, appoint officers, and supervise the recount
  • Chapter 9.3. Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006
    • Article 2. State Board and Local Electoral Board Responsibilities
    § 24.2-946
    Summary of election laws; forms; instructions
    • Article 3. Candidates and Their Campaign Committees
    § 24.2-947.1
    (Effective until January 1, 2027) Statement of organization
    § 24.2-948.4
    Final report requirement; disbursement of surplus funds
    § 24.2-948.6
    Use of campaign funds
    § 24.2-948.7
    Violations of the ban on personal use of campaign funds; complaint; notice; hearing; civil penalties
    § 24.2-948.8
    Advisory opinions
    § 24.2-948.9
    Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund
  • Chapter 10. Election Offenses Generally; Penalties
    § 24.2-1001.1
    Failure or refusal to certify election; civil penalty
    § 24.2-1007
    Soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure vote or registration