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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 801<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55695,"section_number":"24.2-242","catch_line":"How other groups may submit names of electors; oaths of electors","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-242\/"},{"id":76076,"section_number":"24.2-244","catch_line":"Convening of electors; filling vacancies; how electors required to vote","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-244\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69078,"section_number":"24.2-241","catch_line":"State Board to be furnished names of nominated electors selected by political parties; certain national conventions; vacancies","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-241\/"},{"id":55695,"section_number":"24.2-242","catch_line":"How other groups may submit names of electors; oaths of electors","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-242\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63639,"identifier":"24.2-240","token":"24.2\/2.1\/1\/24.2-240","url":"\/24.2-240\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-240\/","token":"24.2\/2.1\/1\/24.2-240","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications of electors; oath","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-240","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each nominated elector selected pursuant to this article shall, at the time of his nomination and until the conclusion of the day electors cast their votes in the Electoral College, be a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of the Commonwealth, and shall subscribe to an oath<\/span>, which shall be notarized, that he is, in fact<\/span>, a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of the Commonwealth, and that he will, if elected, cast his ballot in the Electoral College for the candidates<\/span> for President and Vice President of the United States as set forth in subsection A or B of \u00a7 24.2-241<\/a> or pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-242<\/a>, as applicable, or as such political party<\/span> or group of qualified voters<\/span> may direct in the event of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a candidate<\/span> of that party or group. The State Board<\/span> shall also be furnished, if it requests, with satisfactory evidence<\/span> that any individual undertaking to act as an elector under this chapter is, in fact<\/span>, qualified and duly and properly authorized to do so.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS; OATH (\u00a7 24.2-240)\n\nEach nominated elector selected pursuant to this article shall, at the time of\nhis nomination and until the conclusion of the day electors cast their votes in\nthe Electoral College, be a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of\nthe Commonwealth, and shall subscribe to an oath, which shall be notarized, that\nhe is, in fact, a citizen of the United States and a legal resident of the\nCommonwealth, and that he will, if elected, cast his ballot in the Electoral\nCollege for the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States\nas set forth in subsection A or B of \u00a7 24.2-241 or pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-242, as\napplicable, or as such political party or group of qualified voters may direct\nin the event of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a candidate of\nthat party or group. The State Board shall also be furnished, if it requests,\nwith satisfactory evidence that any individual undertaking to act as an elector\nunder this chapter is, in fact, qualified and duly and properly authorized to do\nso.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 801.","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}}