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If the declaration is received after that date, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.C\n\nThe electoral board shall ensure that the system described in subsection C of § 24.2-455 is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved registration application sent to the appropriate election official. 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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":[{"id":78431,"section_number":"24.2-458","catch_line":"Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-458\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81673,"section_number":"24.2-455","catch_line":"Role of Commissioner of Elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-455\/"}],"permalink":{"id":188131,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68227,"identifier":"24.2-457","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-457","url":"\/24.2-457\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-457\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-457","dublin_core":{"Title":"Methods of registering to vote","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-457","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot<\/span> to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot<\/span>, if the declaration is received by the applicable deadline for registration. If the declaration is received after that date, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The electoral board<\/span> shall ensure that the system described in subsection C of § 24.2-455<\/a> is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application<\/span> and any other approved registration application sent to the appropriate election<\/span> official. The voter may use the system or any other approved method to register to vote. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMETHODS OF REGISTERING TO VOTE (\u00a7 24.2-457)\n\nA. To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a\ncovered voter may use a federal postcard application.\n\nB. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in\nabsentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission\nof the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the\napplicable deadline for registration. If the declaration is received after that\ndate, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent\nelections.\n\nC. The electoral board shall ensure that the system described in subsection C of\n§ 24.2-455 is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and\nany other approved registration application sent to the appropriate election\nofficial. The voter may use the system or any other approved method to register\nto vote.\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}}