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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 72<\/a> and 73<\/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. 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 2003, chapter 1015<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 718<\/a>, 1149<\/a>, 1151<\/a>, and 1201<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65608,"section_number":"24.2-1002","catch_line":"Interference with registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-1002\/"},{"id":68918,"section_number":"24.2-114","catch_line":"Duties and powers of general registrar","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-114\/"},{"id":73132,"section_number":"24.2-415","catch_line":"Notice of times and locations for registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-415\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57278,"identifier":"24.2-416.1","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.1","url":"\/24.2-416.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-416.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voter registration by mail","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-416.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person may apply to register to vote by mail by completing and returning a mail voter registration application form in the manner and time provided by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOTER REGISTRATION BY MAIL (\u00a7 24.2-416.1)\n\nA person may apply to register to vote by mail by completing and returning a\nmail voter registration application form in the manner and time provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 72, 73; 2003, c. 1015; 2020, cc. 718, 1149, 1151, 1201; 2021,\nSp. Sess. I, c. 471.","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}}