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The elections for their successors shall be held at the general election next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the incumbent members and shall be conducted on the basis of the districts set out in the measures to accomplish the redistricting.C\n\nWhen a county has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs in the year of a regularly scheduled November general election for members of the county’s board of supervisors, the November general election shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to March 15 of the year of the election.D\n\nWhen a city or town has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs prior to a regularly scheduled May general election for members of the city’s or town’s governing body, the May general election shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to the November 15 immediately preceding the election.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":204675,"text":"Any redistricting, other than the decennial redistricting, of any county, city, or town shall be effective at midnight December 31 of the year in which the redistricting occurs.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":204676,"text":"Members of county, city, and town governing bodies in office when any such redistricting measure is adopted shall complete their terms of office. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 500 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1995, chapter 249<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59682,"section_number":"15.2-3226","catch_line":"Redistricting and elections in city or town following annexation; registration and transfer of registration of voters in annexed territory","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3226\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55880,"identifier":"24.2-312","token":"24.2\/3\/4\/24.2-312","url":"\/24.2-312\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-312\/","token":"24.2\/3\/4\/24.2-312","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date of other redistricting measures; elections following annexation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-312","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any redistricting, other than the decennial redistricting, of any county, city, or town shall be effective at midnight December 31 of the year in which the redistricting occurs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Members of county, city, and town governing bodies in office when any such redistricting measure is adopted shall complete their terms of office. The elections<\/span> for their successors shall be held at the general election<\/span> next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the incumbent members and shall be conducted on the basis of the districts set out in the measures to accomplish the redistricting. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> When a county has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs in the year of a regularly scheduled November general election<\/span> for members of the county’s board<\/span> of supervisors, the November general election<\/span> shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to March 15 of the year of the election. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> When a city or town has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs prior to a regularly scheduled May general election<\/span> for members of the city’s or town’s governing body, the May general election<\/span> shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to the November 15 immediately preceding the election. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECTIVE DATE OF OTHER REDISTRICTING MEASURES; ELECTIONS FOLLOWING ANNEXATION\n(\u00a7 24.2-312)\n\nA. Any redistricting, other than the decennial redistricting, of any county,\ncity, or town shall be effective at midnight December 31 of the year in which\nthe redistricting occurs.\n\nB. Members of county, city, and town governing bodies in office when any such\nredistricting measure is adopted shall complete their terms of office. The\nelections for their successors shall be held at the general election next\npreceding the expiration of the terms of office of the incumbent members and\nshall be conducted on the basis of the districts set out in the measures to\naccomplish the redistricting.\n\nC. When a county has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the\nredistricting occurs in the year of a regularly scheduled November general\nelection for members of the county’s board of supervisors, the November\ngeneral election shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long\nas the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to March 15 of the year of\nthe election.\n\nD. When a city or town has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the\nredistricting occurs prior to a regularly scheduled May general election for\nmembers of the city’s or town’s governing body, the May general\nelection shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the\nredistricting measure has been adopted prior to the November 15 immediately\npreceding the election.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 500, \u00a7 24.1-17.3; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 249.","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}}