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A member of the electoral board may also request the removal of an officer of election whom he knows to be the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate in the election by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board. Upon receipt of a timely written request pursuant to this section, the electoral board shall ensure that a substitute is appointed to serve for that election.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309240,"text":"A candidate may require the removal of an officer of election for the election in which he is a candidate by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board appointing the officer, on the grounds that the officer is the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of an opposing candidate. A member of the electoral board may also request the removal of an officer of election whom he knows to be the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate in the election by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 650 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 1982 \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 2014, chapter 410<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 18<\/a> and 492<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57939,"section_number":"24.2-115","catch_line":"Appointment, qualifications, and terms of officers of election","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-115\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187279,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86341,"identifier":"24.2-117","token":"24.2\/1\/5\/24.2-117","url":"\/24.2-117\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-117\/","token":"24.2\/1\/5\/24.2-117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Request for removal of officer of election","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A candidate<\/span> may require the removal of an officer of election<\/span> for the election in which he is a candidate<\/span> by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board<\/span> appointing the officer, on the grounds that the officer is the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of an opposing candidate<\/span>. A member of the electoral board<\/span> may also request the removal of an officer of election<\/span> whom he knows to be the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate<\/span> in the election by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board<\/span>. Upon receipt of a timely written request pursuant to this section, the electoral board<\/span> shall ensure that a substitute is appointed to serve for that election.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF OFFICER OF ELECTION (\u00a7 24.2-117)\n\nA candidate may require the removal of an officer of election for the election\nin which he is a candidate by a request in writing, filed at least seven days\nbefore the election with the electoral board appointing the officer, on the\ngrounds that the officer is the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or\ngrandchild of an opposing candidate. A member of the electoral board may also\nrequest the removal of an officer of election whom he knows to be the spouse,\nparent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate in the\nelection by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election\nwith the electoral board. Upon receipt of a timely written request pursuant to\nthis section, the electoral board shall ensure that a substitute is appointed to\nserve for that election.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 650, \u00a7 24.1-105.1; 1993, c. 641; 2014, c. 410; 2016, cc. 18,\n492.","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}}