{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/24.2-420.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/24.2-420.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/24.2-420.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/24.2-420.1.html"}],"law_id":77945,"edition_id":1,"section_id":77945,"structure_id":14420,"section_number":"24.2-420.1","catch_line":"Extended time for persons to register in person","history":"1995, c. 296; 2002, cc. 785, 819; 2015, c. 740; 2020, c. 1153.","full_text":"A\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-416, any person who is qualified to register to vote shall be entitled to register in person up to and including the day of the election at the office of the general registrar in the locality in which such person resides or at the polling place for the precinct in which such person resides.B\n\nThe Department shall prescribe procedures for the addition of persons registered under this section to the lists of registered voters.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279492,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 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pilot project","url":"\/24.2-424\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-424","metadata":false},{"id":70885,"structure_id":14420,"section_number":"24.2-425","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/24.2-425\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-425","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":87036,"structure_id":14420,"section_number":"24.2-420","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/24.2-420\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-420","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":75767,"structure_id":14420,"section_number":"24.2-421","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/24.2-421\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-421","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/24.2-420.1\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0296\">296<\/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 3 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 2002, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0785\">785<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0819\">819<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1153\">1153<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79027,"section_number":"24.2-427","catch_line":"Cancellation of registration by voter or for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-427\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72189,"section_number":"24.2-416","catch_line":"Closing registration records before elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-416\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77945,"identifier":"24.2-420.1","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-420.1","url":"\/24.2-420.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-420.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-420.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Extended time for persons to register in person","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-420.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Closing registration records before elections\" href=\"\/24.2-416\/\">24.2-416<\/a>, any person who is qualified to register to vote shall be entitled to register in person up to and including the day of the <span class=\"dictionary\">election<\/span> at the office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">general registrar<\/span> in the locality in which such person resides or at the <span class=\"dictionary\">polling place<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">precinct<\/span> in which such person resides. <a id=\"paragraph-279492\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/24.2-420.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall prescribe procedures for the addition of persons registered under this section to the lists of <span class=\"dictionary\">registered voters<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-279493\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/24.2-420.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXTENDED TIME FOR PERSONS TO REGISTER IN PERSON (\u00a7 24.2-420.1)\n\nA. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-416, any person who is\nqualified to register to vote shall be entitled to register in person up to and\nincluding the day of the election at the office of the general registrar in the\nlocality in which such person resides or at the polling place for the precinct\nin which such person resides.\n\nB. The Department shall prescribe procedures for the addition of persons\nregistered under this section to the lists of registered voters.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 296; 2002, cc. 785, 819; 2015, c. 740; 2020, c. 1153.","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}}