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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1956, chapter 382; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2006, chapter 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77348,"section_number":"24.2-649","catch_line":"Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-649\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77348,"section_number":"24.2-649","catch_line":"Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-649\/"},{"id":69610,"section_number":"24.2-700","catch_line":"Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187421,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72175,"identifier":"24.2-1012","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1012","url":"\/24.2-1012\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-1012\/","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1012","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses as to absent voters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-1012","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who knowingly aids or abets or attempts to aid or abet a violation of the absentee voting procedures prescribed in \u00a7 24.2-649<\/a> and Chapter 7 (\u00a7 24.2-700<\/a> et seq.) shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tAny person attempting to vote by fraudulently signing the name of a qualified voter<\/span> shall be guilty of forgery<\/span> and shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tAny public official who knowingly violates any of the provisions of the law<\/span> concerning absent voters and thereby aids in any way the illegal casting, or attempting to cast a vote, or who connives to nullify any provisions of this chapter in order<\/span> that fraud<\/span> may be perpetrated, shall forever be disqualified from holding office in the Commonwealth and shall forever be disqualified from exercising the right of franchise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES AS TO ABSENT VOTERS (\u00a7 24.2-1012)\n\nAny person who knowingly aids or abets or attempts to aid or abet a violation of\nthe absentee voting procedures prescribed in \u00a7 24.2-649 and Chapter 7 (\u00a7\n24.2-700 et seq.) shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.\n\t\tAny person attempting to vote by fraudulently signing the name of a qualified\nvoter shall be guilty of forgery and shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\t\tAny public official who knowingly violates any of the provisions of the law\nconcerning absent voters and thereby aids in any way the illegal casting, or\nattempting to cast a vote, or who connives to nullify any provisions of this\nchapter in order that fraud may be perpetrated, shall forever be disqualified\nfrom holding office in the Commonwealth and shall forever be disqualified from\nexercising the right of franchise.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-345; 1956, c. 382; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-274; 1993, c.\n641; 2006, c. 242.","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}}