§ 24.2-625.2 Wireless communications at polling places
There shall be no wireless communications on election day, while the polls are open, between or among voting machines within the polling place or between any voting machine within the polling place and any equipment outside the polling place. For purposes of this section, the term wireless communication shall mean the ability to transfer information via electromagnetic waves without the use of electrical conductors. The provisions of this section shall not apply to voting machines purchased by any locality before July 1, 2007. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of electronic pollbook devices at polling places on election day.
History
This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 939 and 943 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapters 87 and 393.
2007, cc. 939, 943; 2008, cc. 87, 393.