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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65673,"identifier":"24.2-243","token":"24.2\/2.1\/2\/24.2-243","url":"\/24.2-243\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-243\/","token":"24.2\/2.1\/2\/24.2-243","dublin_core":{"Title":"Electors for President and Vice President","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-243","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The qualified voters<\/span> of the Commonwealth shall choose the Commonwealth’s electors for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election<\/span> in November 2024 and every fourth year thereafter. Each voter shall vote for a number of electors that equals the whole number of senators and representatives to which the Commonwealth at the time is entitled in the Congress of the United States.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT (\u00a7 24.2-243)\n\nThe qualified voters of the Commonwealth shall choose the Commonwealth’s\nelectors for President and Vice President of the United States at the general\nelection in November 2024 and every fourth year thereafter. Each voter shall\nvote for a number of electors that equals the whole number of senators and\nrepresentatives to which the Commonwealth at the time is entitled in the\nCongress of the United States.\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}}