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Any person who changes a ballot of a person to prevent the person from voting as he desires is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This subsection applies to any election and to any method used by a political party for selection of its nominees and for selection of delegates to its conventions and meetings.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296915,"text":"Any person acting under the color of law who, contrary to an official policy or procedure, fails to permit, or refuses to permit, a qualified voter to vote, including a voter who is confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor, or who willfully fails or refuses to tabulate, count, or report the vote of a qualified voter, is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding $1,000 for each affected voter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 2024, chapter 553<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84793,"section_number":"24.2-700.1","catch_line":"Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot; persons confined awaiting trial or for conviction of a misdemeanor","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-700.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82822,"identifier":"24.2-1005.2","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1005.2","url":"\/24.2-1005.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-1005.2\/","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1005.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interference with voting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-1005.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person acting under the color of law<\/span> who, contrary to an official policy or procedure, fails to permit, or refuses to permit, a qualified voter<\/span> to vote, including a voter who is confined while awaiting trial<\/span> or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor<\/span>, or who willfully fails or refuses to tabulate, count, or report the vote of a qualified voter<\/span>, is subject to a civil penalty<\/span> in an amount not exceeding $1,000 for each affected voter. Such civil penalties shall be payable to the Voter Education and Outreach Fund established pursuant to § 24.2-131<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who furnishes a ballot to a person who he knows cannot understand the language in which the ballot is printed and misinforms him as to the content of the ballot with an intent<\/span> to deceive him and induce him to vote contrary to his desire is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. Any person who changes a ballot of a person to prevent the person from voting as he desires is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. This subsection applies to any election<\/span> and to any method used by a political party<\/span> for selection of its nominees and for selection of delegates to its conventions and meetings. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERFERENCE WITH VOTING (\u00a7 24.2-1005.2)\n\nA. Any person acting under the color of law who, contrary to an official policy\nor procedure, fails to permit, or refuses to permit, a qualified voter to vote,\nincluding a voter who is confined while awaiting trial or for having been\nconvicted of a misdemeanor, or who willfully fails or refuses to tabulate,\ncount, or report the vote of a qualified voter, is subject to a civil penalty in\nan amount not exceeding $1,000 for each affected voter. Such civil penalties\nshall be payable to the Voter Education and Outreach Fund established pursuant\nto § 24.2-131.\n\nB. Any person who furnishes a ballot to a person who he knows cannot understand\nthe language in which the ballot is printed and misinforms him as to the content\nof the ballot with an intent to deceive him and induce him to vote contrary to\nhis desire is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who changes a ballot\nof a person to prevent the person from voting as he desires is guilty of a Class\n1 misdemeanor. This subsection applies to any election and to any method used by\na political party for selection of its nominees and for selection of delegates\nto its conventions and meetings.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2024, c. 553.","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}}