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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82479,"section_number":"24.2-684","catch_line":"How referendum elections called and held, and the results ascertained and certified","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-684\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66014,"identifier":"15.2-3704","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3704","url":"\/15.2-3704\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3704\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3704","dublin_core":{"Title":"Order for election; conduct of election","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3704","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When publication of the notice and ordinance<\/span> is completed, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall by order<\/span> issued in accordance with \u00a7 24.2-684<\/a> require the regular election officers of the county<\/span> or counties in which the town<\/span> is located to open the polls on the day fixed in the order<\/span> and take the sense of the qualified voters<\/span> of the town<\/span> on the question submitted as provided in this section. The regular election officers, at the time designated in the order<\/span>, shall open the polls at the various voting places in the town<\/span> and conduct the election in the manner provided by general law<\/span> for other elections. The ballots used shall be printed and shall contain the following:\n\t\t“Shall the charter for the Town<\/span> of ____________________ be annulled and repealed?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER FOR ELECTION; CONDUCT OF ELECTION (\u00a7 15.2-3704)\n\nWhen publication of the notice and ordinance is completed, the circuit court\nshall by order issued in accordance with \u00a7 24.2-684 require the regular\nelection officers of the county or counties in which the town is located to open\nthe polls on the day fixed in the order and take the sense of the qualified\nvoters of the town on the question submitted as provided in this section. The\nregular election officers, at the time designated in the order, shall open the\npolls at the various voting places in the town and conduct the election in the\nmanner provided by general law for other elections. The ballots used shall be\nprinted and shall contain the following:\n\t\t“Shall the charter for the Town of ____________________ be annulled and\nrepealed?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No.”\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7\u00a7 15.1-965.32, 15.1-965.33; 1997, c. 587.","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}}