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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 353<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56695,"section_number":"24.2-452","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-452\/"}],"permalink":{"id":188127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56611,"identifier":"24.2-456","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-456","url":"\/24.2-456\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-456\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-456","dublin_core":{"Title":"Overseas voter’s registration address","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-456","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In registering to vote, an overseas voter<\/span> who is eligible to vote in this state<\/span> shall use and must be assigned to the voting precinct<\/span> of the address of the last place of residence<\/span> of the voter in this state<\/span> or, in the case of a voter described by subdivision 1 e of \u00a7 24.2-452<\/a>, the address of the last place of residence<\/span> in this state<\/span> of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter must be assigned an address for voting purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOVERSEAS VOTER’S REGISTRATION ADDRESS (\u00a7 24.2-456)\n\nIn registering to vote, an overseas voter who is eligible to vote in this state\nshall use and must be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last\nplace of residence of the voter in this state or, in the case of a voter\ndescribed by subdivision 1 e of \u00a7 24.2-452, the address of the last place of\nresidence in this state of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that\naddress is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter must be\nassigned an address for voting purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 353.","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}}