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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 480 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1993, chapter 641; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP1015\">1015<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0584\">584<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63717,"section_number":"24.2-411","catch_line":"Office of the general registrar","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-411\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81161,"identifier":"24.2-1003","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1003","url":"\/24.2-1003\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-1003\/","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1003","dublin_core":{"Title":"Campaigning at registration locations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-1003","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who gives or tenders any campaign or <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> to, or solicits or attempts to influence the vote of, any person while he is at any registration location as defined in Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Office of the general registrar\" href=\"\/24.2-411\/\">24.2-411<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of this title knowing that such person is there for the purpose of registration, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the distribution of campaign or <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> outside any building in which a registration activity is being conducted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAMPAIGNING AT REGISTRATION LOCATIONS (\u00a7 24.2-1003)\n\nAny person who gives or tenders any campaign or referendum materials to, or\nsolicits or attempts to influence the vote of, any person while he is at any\nregistration location as defined in Article 3 (\u00a7 24.2-411 et seq.) of Chapter 4\nof this title knowing that such person is there for the purpose of registration,\nshall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall prohibit\nthe distribution of campaign or referendum materials outside any building in\nwhich a registration activity is being conducted.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 480, \u00a7 24.1-49.01; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 1015; 2025, c. 584.","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}}