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The State Board of Elections shall, promptly after the meeting required by \u00a7 24.2-679, certify to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation a list of the candidates elected and certified as Directors of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, as reported pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-675.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277227,"text":"The result of the election shall be canvassed and certified by the electoral board for the county or city in which the candidate resides pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-671 through 24.2-678. The State Board of Elections shall, promptly after the meeting required by \u00a7 24.2-679, certify to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation a list of the candidates elected and certified as Directors of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, as reported pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-675.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13679,"edition_id":1,"name":"Soil and Water Conservation Districts","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13678,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:32","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:32","permalink":{"id":144019,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13679,"identifier":"3","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3","url":"\/10.1\/I\/5\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13678,"edition_id":1,"name":"Soil and Water Conservation","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12893,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:32","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:32","permalink":{"id":143981,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13678,"identifier":"5","token":"10.1\/I\/5","url":"\/10.1\/I\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12893,"edition_id":1,"name":"Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12740,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","permalink":{"id":143315,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12893,"identifier":"I","token":"10.1\/I","url":"\/10.1\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12740,"edition_id":1,"name":"Conservation","identifier":"10.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":143313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12740,"identifier":"10.1","token":"10.1","url":"\/10.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57608,"structure_id":13679,"section_number":"10.1-506","catch_line":"Power to create new districts and to relocate or define district boundaries; 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how ballots printed, etc","url":"\/10.1-524\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-524","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":84631,"structure_id":13679,"section_number":"10.1-526","catch_line":"Persons eligible to vote","url":"\/10.1-526\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-526","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/10.1-525\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 208; in 1964, chapter 512; in 1988, chapter 891; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0053\">53<\/a>; in 2002, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0143\">143<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0236\">236<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63223,"section_number":"24.2-671","catch_line":"Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-671\/"},{"id":54091,"section_number":"24.2-675","catch_line":"Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-675\/"},{"id":56927,"section_number":"24.2-678","catch_line":"Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-678\/"},{"id":81617,"section_number":"24.2-679","catch_line":"State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-679\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77290,"identifier":"10.1-525","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-525","url":"\/10.1-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-525\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Canvassing returns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The result of the election shall be canvassed and certified by the electoral <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> in which the candidate resides pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results\" href=\"\/24.2-671\/\">24.2-671<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded\" href=\"\/24.2-678\/\">24.2-678<\/a>. The State <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> of Elections shall, promptly after the meeting required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes\" href=\"\/24.2-679\/\">24.2-679<\/a>, certify to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation a list of the candidates elected and certified as <span class=\"dictionary\">Directors<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Soil and Water Conservation Districts<\/span>, as reported pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks\" href=\"\/24.2-675\/\">24.2-675<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCANVASSING RETURNS (\u00a7 10.1-525)\n\nThe result of the election shall be canvassed and certified by the electoral\nboard for the county or city in which the candidate resides pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7\n24.2-671 through 24.2-678. The State Board of Elections shall, promptly after\nthe meeting required by \u00a7 24.2-679, certify to the Director of the Department\nof Conservation and Recreation a list of the candidates elected and certified as\nDirectors of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, as reported pursuant to \u00a7\n24.2-675.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 21-38; 1960, c. 208; 1964, c. 512; 1988, c. 891; 2001, c.\n53; 2002, cc. 143, 236.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}