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Once a referendum on either question is held, no further referendum on either question may be held in the county for a period of four years.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":233408,"text":"A referendum as provided in \u00a7 24.2-219 or \u00a7 24.2-220 shall be held only in the year preceding the year in which a general election for supervisors is to be held. 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It has been modified 7 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 1968, chapter 639; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1973, chapter 30; in 1976, chapter 616; in 1981, chapter 12; in 1982, chapter 650; in 1993, chapter 641.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57783,"section_number":"24.2-219","catch_line":"Alternative for biennial county supervisor elections and staggered terms","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-219\/"},{"id":86735,"section_number":"24.2-220","catch_line":"Reversion to quadrennial elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-220\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64102,"identifier":"24.2-221","token":"24.2\/2\/5\/24.2-221","url":"\/24.2-221\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-221\/","token":"24.2\/2\/5\/24.2-221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Time and frequency of referenda on election and term of supervisors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Alternative for biennial county supervisor elections and staggered terms\" href=\"\/24.2-219\/\">24.2-219<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Reversion to quadrennial elections\" href=\"\/24.2-220\/\">24.2-220<\/a> shall be held only in the year preceding the year in which a <span class=\"dictionary\">general election<\/span> for supervisors is to be held. 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Once a referendum on either question is held, no further referendum on\neither question may be held in the county for a period of four years.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-157; 1968, c. 639; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-88; 1971, Ex.\nSess., c. 265; 1973, c. 30; 1976, c. 616; 1981, c. 12; 1982, c. 650; 1993, c.\n641.","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}}