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Code of Virginia
Title 24.2. Elections
6/24/2025

Title 24.2. Elections (2024 Updates)

  • Chapter 1. General Provisions and Administration
    • Article 1. Applicability; Definitions
    § 24.2-101
    Definitions
    • Article 2. State Board of Elections
    § 24.2-105.1
    Election and voter participation information on the Internet
    • Article 3. Local Electoral Boards
    § 24.2-106
    Appointment and terms; vacancies; chairman and secretary; certain prohibitions; training
    • Article 4. Registrars
    § 24.2-110
    Appointment, qualifications, and term of general registrar; vacancies; certain prohibitions
    § 24.2-112
    Deputy registrars; employees
    • Article 5. Officers of Election
    § 24.2-115
    Appointment, qualifications, and terms of officers of election
  • Chapter 2. Federal, Commonwealth, and Local Officers
    • Article 2. Federal Offices
    § 24.2-202
    Repealed
    • Article 6. Vacancies in Elected Constitutional and Local Offices
    § 24.2-228
    Interim appointment to local governing body or elected school board; elected mayor
    • Article 7. Removal of Public Officers from Office
    § 24.2-233
    Removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts
  • Chapter 2.1. Presidential Electors
    • Article 1. Nomination of Electors
    § 24.2-240
    Qualifications of electors; oath
    § 24.2-241
    State Board to be furnished names of nominated electors selected by political parties; certain national conventions; vacancies
    § 24.2-242
    How other groups may submit names of electors; oaths of electors
    • Article 2. Selection by Voters and Duties of Electors
    § 24.2-243
    Electors for President and Vice President
    § 24.2-244
    Convening of electors; filling vacancies; how electors required to vote
    § 24.2-245
    Election of electors and meeting when Congress prescribes a different day
    § 24.2-246
    Pay of electors
  • Chapter 3. Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places
    • Article 3. Requirements for Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places
    § 24.2-306
    Changes not to be enacted within 60 days of general election; notice requirements
    • Article 4. Effective Dates of Redistricting Measures
    § 24.2-311
    Effective date of decennial redistricting measures; elections following decennial redistricting
  • Chapter 4. Voter Registration
    • Article 4. Registration of Voters
    § 24.2-418
    Application for registration
  • Chapter 4.1. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act
    § 24.2-452
    Definitions
  • Chapter 5. Candidates for Office
    • Article 2. Independent Candidates
    § 24.2-506
    Petition of qualified voters required; number of signatures required; certain towns excepted
    • Article 3. Nominations of Candidates by Political Parties
    § 24.2-509
    Party to determine method of nominating its candidates for office; exceptions
    • Article 4. Conduct of Primaries
    § 24.2-520
    Declaration of candidacy required
    § 24.2-521
    Petition required to accompany declaration; number of signatures required
    § 24.2-538.1
    (Effective January 1, 2025) Procedure when pre-election withdrawal of candidacy results in unopposed primary
    • Article 6. Nominations for Presidential Elections
    § 24.2-542
    Repealed
  • Chapter 6. The Election
    • Article 2. Ballots
    § 24.2-612.2
    (Effective January 1, 2025) Notice of withdrawal of candidates
    § 24.2-614
    Preparation and form of presidential election ballots
    • Article 4. Conduct of Election; Election Results
    § 24.2-649.1
    Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place
    § 24.2-671
    Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results
    § 24.2-671.2
    Risk-limiting audits
    § 24.2-678
    Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded
  • Chapter 7. Absentee Voting
    § 24.2-700.1
    Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot; persons confined awaiting trial or for conviction of a misdemeanor
    § 24.2-701
    Application for absentee ballot
  • Chapter 9.3. Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 24.2-945.2
    (Effective July 1, 2025) Persons required to file independent expenditure disclosure reports; filing deadline
    • 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
    § 24.2-947.3
    Campaign committee treasurer requirements and responsibilities
    § 24.2-948.1
    Exemption from reporting requirements for certain candidates for local office and for directors of soil and water conservation districts
    § 24.2-948.2
    Reports as condition to qualification for office
    § 24.2-948.5
    Reviews of campaign finance reports and records
  • Chapter 9.5. Political Campaign Advertisements
    • Article 2. Print Media Advertisement Requirements
    § 24.2-956
    Requirements for print media advertisements sponsored by a candidate campaign committee
    § 24.2-956.1
    Requirements for print media advertisements sponsored by a person or political committee, other than a candidate campaign committee
  • Chapter 10. Election Offenses Generally; Penalties
    § 24.2-1000
    Intimidation and threats toward election officials; penalty
    § 24.2-1005.2
    Interference with voting