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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 904 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 641.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71441,"section_number":"24.2-124.1","catch_line":"Acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-124.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71718,"section_number":"24.2-307","catch_line":"Requirements for county and city precincts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-307\/"},{"id":76372,"section_number":"24.2-308","catch_line":"Requirements for town precincts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-308\/"},{"id":66699,"section_number":"24.2-310","catch_line":"Requirements for polling places","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187781,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76944,"identifier":"24.2-310.1","token":"24.2\/3\/3\/24.2-310.1","url":"\/24.2-310.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-310.1\/","token":"24.2\/3\/3\/24.2-310.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Polling places; additional requirement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-310.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The requirement stated in this section shall be in addition to requirements stated in \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-307<\/a>, 24.2-308<\/a>, and 24.2-310<\/a>, including the requirement that polling places<\/span> be located in public buildings whenever practical. No polling place<\/span> shall be located in a building which serves primarily as the headquarters, office, or assembly building for any private organization, other than an organization of a civic, educational, religious, charitable, historical, patriotic, cultural, or similar nature, unless the State Board<\/span> has approved the use of the building because no other building meeting the accessibility requirements of this title is available.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLLING PLACES; ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT (\u00a7 24.2-310.1)\n\nThe requirement stated in this section shall be in addition to requirements\nstated in \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-307, 24.2-308, and 24.2-310, including the requirement that\npolling places be located in public buildings whenever practical. No polling\nplace shall be located in a building which serves primarily as the headquarters,\noffice, or assembly building for any private organization, other than an\norganization of a civic, educational, religious, charitable, historical,\npatriotic, cultural, or similar nature, unless the State Board has approved the\nuse of the building because no other building meeting the accessibility\nrequirements of this title is available.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 904, \u00a7 24.1-37.1; 1993, c. 641.","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}}