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In addition to the national form promulgated by the Election Assistance Commission, the State Board of Elections shall design and distribute a state mail voter registration application form. Such state form shall include the eligibility requirements for registration as provided in this title, shall provide for a receipt for the applicant pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-418.1, and shall require each applicant to provide the information required subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-1016.\n\t\tEach state form shall be accompanied by the following statement featured prominently in boldface capital letters: “WARNING: INTENTIONALLY MAKING A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT ON THIS FORM CONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF ELECTION FRAUD, WHICH IS PUNISHABLE UNDER VIRGINIA LAW AS A FELONY. VIOLATORS MAY BE SENTENCED TO UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, OR UP TO 12 MONTHS IN JAIL AND\/OR FINED UP TO $2,500.”","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309558,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-418 and 24.2-418.1, the national mail voter registration application form promulgated by the Election Assistance Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act (52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20501 et seq.) shall be accepted for the registration of otherwise qualified voters to vote in federal, state, and local elections. In addition to the national form promulgated by the Election Assistance Commission, the State Board of Elections shall design and distribute a state mail voter registration application form. Such state form shall include the eligibility requirements for registration as provided in this title, shall provide for a receipt for the applicant pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-418.1, and shall require each applicant to provide the information required subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-1016.\n\t\tEach state form shall be accompanied by the following statement featured prominently in boldface capital letters: “WARNING: INTENTIONALLY MAKING A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT ON THIS FORM CONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF ELECTION FRAUD, WHICH IS PUNISHABLE UNDER VIRGINIA LAW AS A FELONY. 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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 2008, chapter 865<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86258,"section_number":"24.2-1016","catch_line":"False statements; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-1016\/"},{"id":56385,"section_number":"24.2-418","catch_line":"Application for registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-418\/"},{"id":62097,"section_number":"24.2-418.1","catch_line":"Receipt for voter registration applicants","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-418.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187943,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86426,"identifier":"24.2-416.2","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.2","url":"\/24.2-416.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-416.2\/","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mail voter registration application forms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-416.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-418<\/a> and 24.2-418.1<\/a>, the national mail voter registration application form promulgated by the Election<\/span> Assistance Commission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act (52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20501 et seq.) shall be accepted for the registration of otherwise qualified voters<\/span> to vote in federal, state, and local elections<\/span>. In addition to the national form promulgated by the Election<\/span> Assistance Commission, the State Board<\/span> of Elections<\/span> shall design and distribute a state mail voter registration application form. Such state form shall include the eligibility requirements for registration as provided in this title, shall provide for a receipt for the applicant pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-418.1<\/a>, and shall require each applicant to provide the information required subject to felony<\/span> penalties for making false statements pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-1016<\/a>.\n\t\tEach state form shall be accompanied by the following statement featured prominently in boldface capital letters: “WARNING: INTENTIONALLY MAKING A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT ON THIS FORM CONSTITUTES THE CRIME<\/span> OF ELECTION<\/span> FRAUD<\/span>, WHICH IS PUNISHABLE UNDER VIRGINIA LAW<\/span> AS A FELONY<\/span>. VIOLATORS MAY BE SENTENCED TO UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, OR UP TO 12 MONTHS IN JAIL AND\/OR FINED UP TO $2,500.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAIL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORMS (\u00a7 24.2-416.2)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-418 and 24.2-418.1, the national\nmail voter registration application form promulgated by the Election Assistance\nCommission pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act (52 U.S.C. \u00a7 20501\net seq.) shall be accepted for the registration of otherwise qualified voters to\nvote in federal, state, and local elections. In addition to the national form\npromulgated by the Election Assistance Commission, the State Board of Elections\nshall design and distribute a state mail voter registration application form.\nSuch state form shall include the eligibility requirements for registration as\nprovided in this title, shall provide for a receipt for the applicant pursuant\nto \u00a7 24.2-418.1, and shall require each applicant to provide the information\nrequired subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to \u00a7\n24.2-1016.\n\t\tEach state form shall be accompanied by the following statement featured\nprominently in boldface capital letters: “WARNING: INTENTIONALLY MAKING A\nMATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT ON THIS FORM CONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF ELECTION FRAUD,\nWHICH IS PUNISHABLE UNDER VIRGINIA LAW AS A FELONY. VIOLATORS MAY BE SENTENCED\nTO UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, OR UP TO 12 MONTHS IN JAIL AND\/OR FINED UP TO\n$2,500.”\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 72, 73; 2008, c. 865; 2015, c. 740.","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}}