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The receipt shall be completed by the person receiving the form from the applicant and shall include the following information: the name of the office, group, or person receiving the registration application; the date that the office, group, or person received the registration application from the applicant; and the phone number of the general registrar or the toll-free phone number of the Department of Elections that the applicant may call to confirm his registration.B\n\nThe requirement to complete the receipt as provided in subsection A shall not be applicable when a completed form is mailed directly to or completed in the office of a general registrar or the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226578,"text":"The state form for the application to register to vote shall contain a receipt that shall be given to the applicant upon his completion of the form. 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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865<\/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 2015, chapter 740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86426,"section_number":"24.2-416.2","catch_line":"Mail voter registration application forms","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-416.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62097,"identifier":"24.2-418.1","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-418.1","url":"\/24.2-418.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-418.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-418.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Receipt for voter registration applicants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-418.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The state form for the application to register to vote shall contain a receipt that shall be given to the applicant upon his completion of the form. The receipt shall be completed by the person receiving the form from the applicant and shall include the following information: the name of the office, group, or person receiving the registration application; the date that the office, group, or person received the registration application from the applicant; and the phone number of the general registrar<\/span> or the toll-free phone number of the Department of Elections<\/span> that the applicant may call to confirm his registration. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The requirement to complete the receipt as provided in subsection A shall not be applicable when a completed form is mailed directly to or completed in the office of a general registrar<\/span> or the Department. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECEIPT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICANTS (\u00a7 24.2-418.1)\n\nA. The state form for the application to register to vote shall contain a\nreceipt that shall be given to the applicant upon his completion of the form.\nThe receipt shall be completed by the person receiving the form from the\napplicant and shall include the following information: the name of the office,\ngroup, or person receiving the registration application; the date that the\noffice, group, or person received the registration application from the\napplicant; and the phone number of the general registrar or the toll-free phone\nnumber of the Department of Elections that the applicant may call to confirm his\nregistration.\n\nB. The requirement to complete the receipt as provided in subsection A shall not\nbe applicable when a completed form is mailed directly to or completed in the\noffice of a general registrar or the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}