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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1970, chapter 462; in 1974, chapter 428; in 1977, chapter 490; in 1978, chapter 778; in 1993, chapter 641.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57868,"section_number":"24.2-612","catch_line":"List of offices and candidates filed with Department of Elections and checked for accuracy; when ballots printed; number required","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-612\/"},{"id":74662,"section_number":"24.2-646.1","catch_line":"Permitted use of paper ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-646.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73043,"identifier":"24.2-402","token":"24.2\/4\/1\/24.2-402","url":"\/24.2-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-402\/","token":"24.2\/4\/1\/24.2-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons moving from Commonwealth fewer than thirty days before presidential election","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person who is qualified to vote except for having moved his residence<\/span> from the Commonwealth after the thirtieth day preceding a presidential election<\/span> may vote in the precinct<\/span> from which he has moved only in that election<\/span> and only for electors of President and Vice President of the United States.\n\t\tThe officers of election<\/span> shall deliver to any person who asks to vote under this section the paper ballot<\/span> for electors of President and Vice President of the United States and no other ballot. The ballot shall be voted, handled, and counted with other like ballots in accordance with the provisions of this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS MOVING FROM COMMONWEALTH FEWER THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL\nELECTION (\u00a7 24.2-402)\n\nA person who is qualified to vote except for having moved his residence from the\nCommonwealth after the thirtieth day preceding a presidential election may vote\nin the precinct from which he has moved only in that election and only for\nelectors of President and Vice President of the United States.\n\t\tThe officers of election shall deliver to any person who asks to vote under\nthis section the paper ballot for electors of President and Vice President of\nthe United States and no other ballot. The ballot shall be voted, handled, and\ncounted with other like ballots in accordance with the provisions of this title.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 24-17, 24-22, 24-23; 1963, Ex. Sess., c. 2; 1970, c.\n462, \u00a7 24.1-41; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 119, 205, 265, \u00a7 24.1-41.1; 1974, c. 428;\n1977, c. 490; 1978, c. 778; 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}}