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In addition, the governing body shall pay each officer $10 and mileage at the rate payable to members of the General Assembly for each time he delivers pollbooks and ballots to the polling place and each time he delivers returns and ballots to the appropriate official after the polls close. Jurisdictions may increase the salary of the officers collecting and delivering materials by at least $10 and the equivalent of mileage expenses from the furthest polling place in the locality in lieu of calculating the mileage and extra pay required by this section.\n\t\tAn officer of election may waive compensation and serve as an unpaid volunteer officer. Unpaid volunteer officers shall possess the qualifications and fulfill the requirements that apply to paid officers of election.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201698,"text":"The governing body of each county, city, or town shall pay its officers of election at least $75 for each full day’s service rendered on each election day. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 235; in 1968, chapter 141; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1972, chapter 620; in 1974, chapter 428; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2003, chapter 1015<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 489<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187275,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54984,"identifier":"24.2-116","token":"24.2\/1\/5\/24.2-116","url":"\/24.2-116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-116\/","token":"24.2\/1\/5\/24.2-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation of officers; volunteer officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body of each county, city, or town shall pay its officers of election at least $75 for each full day’s service rendered on each election day. In addition, the governing body shall pay each officer $10 and mileage at the rate payable to members of the General Assembly for each time he delivers pollbooks and ballots to the polling place<\/span> and each time he delivers returns and ballots to the appropriate official after the polls close. Jurisdictions<\/span> may increase the salary of the officers collecting and delivering materials<\/span> by at least $10 and the equivalent of mileage expenses from the furthest polling place<\/span> in the locality in lieu of calculating the mileage and extra pay required by this section.\n\t\tAn officer of election<\/span> may waive<\/span> compensation and serve as an unpaid volunteer officer. Unpaid volunteer officers shall possess the qualifications and fulfill the requirements that apply to paid officers of election.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION OF OFFICERS; VOLUNTEER OFFICERS (\u00a7 24.2-116)\n\nThe governing body of each county, city, or town shall pay its officers of\nelection at least $75 for each full day’s service rendered on each\nelection day. In addition, the governing body shall pay each officer $10 and\nmileage at the rate payable to members of the General Assembly for each time he\ndelivers pollbooks and ballots to the polling place and each time he delivers\nreturns and ballots to the appropriate official after the polls close.\nJurisdictions may increase the salary of the officers collecting and delivering\nmaterials by at least $10 and the equivalent of mileage expenses from the\nfurthest polling place in the locality in lieu of calculating the mileage and\nextra pay required by this section.\n\t\tAn officer of election may waive compensation and serve as an unpaid volunteer\nofficer. Unpaid volunteer officers shall possess the qualifications and fulfill\nthe requirements that apply to paid officers of election.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 24-207 through 24-209; 1950, p. 245; 1956, c. 235;\n1968, c. 141; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-107; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1993, c.\n641; 2003, c. 1015; 2012, c. 489.","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}}