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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 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 2013, chapter 680<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86103,"section_number":"24.2-1002.01","catch_line":"Destruction of, or failure to mail or deliver, voter registration application; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-1002.01\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75037,"section_number":"24.2-414","catch_line":"Final registration day","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-414\/"},{"id":78263,"section_number":"24.2-415.1","catch_line":"Persons authorized to receive voter registration applications","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-415.1\/"},{"id":72189,"section_number":"24.2-416","catch_line":"Closing registration records before elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-416\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73379,"identifier":"24.2-416.4","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.4","url":"\/24.2-416.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-416.4\/","token":"24.2\/4\/3.1\/24.2-416.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Return of mail voter registration applications","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-416.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of § 24.2-416<\/a>, a mail voter registration application returned through the United States Postal Service shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of the postmark affixed to such application by the United States Postal Service. If no such postmark is affixed or if the postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears no date, such application shall be deemed to have been timely if received through the United States mail no later than five days following the time for the closing of the registration books pursuant to § 24.2-416<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In any other case, a completed mail voter registration application shall be deemed timely if received by any general registrar<\/span> or any person authorized to receive voter registration applications pursuant to § 24.2-415.1<\/a> by 5:00 p.m. on the final day of registration provided for in § 24.2-414<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETURN OF MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS (\u00a7 24.2-416.4)\n\nA. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 24.2-416, a mail voter registration\napplication returned through the United States Postal Service shall be deemed to\nhave been made as of the date of the postmark affixed to such application by the\nUnited States Postal Service. If no such postmark is affixed or if the postmark\naffixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears no date, such\napplication shall be deemed to have been timely if received through the United\nStates mail no later than five days following the time for the closing of the\nregistration books pursuant to § 24.2-416.\n\nB. In any other case, a completed mail voter registration application shall be\ndeemed timely if received by any general registrar or any person authorized to\nreceive voter registration applications pursuant to § 24.2-415.1 by 5:00\np.m. on the final day of registration provided for in § 24.2-414.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 72, 73; 2013, c. 680.","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}}