{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/24.2-459.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/24.2-459.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/24.2-459.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/24.2-459.html"}],"law_id":80839,"edition_id":1,"section_id":80839,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-459","catch_line":"Timeliness and scope of application for military-overseas ballot","history":"2012, c. 353.","full_text":"An application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received by the seventh day before the election or the last day for other voters in this state to apply for an absentee ballot for that election. An application for a military-overseas ballot for a primary election, whether or not timely, is effective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the general election.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289763,"text":"An application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received by the seventh day before the election or the last day for other voters in this state to apply for an absentee ballot for that election. An application for a military-overseas ballot for a primary election, whether or not timely, is effective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the general election.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12938,"edition_id":1,"name":"Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act","identifier":"4.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12937,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","permalink":{"id":188105,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12938,"identifier":"4.1","token":"24.2\/4.1","url":"\/24.2\/4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12937,"edition_id":1,"name":"Elections","identifier":"24.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","permalink":{"id":187149,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12937,"identifier":"24.2","token":"24.2","url":"\/24.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":80607,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-451","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/24.2-451\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-451","metadata":false},{"id":56695,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-452","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/24.2-452\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-452","metadata":false},{"id":81040,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-453","catch_line":"Restriction of ballot eligibility","url":"\/24.2-453\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-453","metadata":false},{"id":60434,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-454","catch_line":"Elections covered","url":"\/24.2-454\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-454","metadata":false},{"id":81673,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-455","catch_line":"Role of Commissioner of Elections","url":"\/24.2-455\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-455","metadata":false},{"id":56611,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-456","catch_line":"Overseas voter's registration address","url":"\/24.2-456\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-456","metadata":false},{"id":68227,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-457","catch_line":"Methods of registering to vote","url":"\/24.2-457\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-457","metadata":false},{"id":78431,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-458","catch_line":"Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot","url":"\/24.2-458\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-458","metadata":false},{"id":80839,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-459","catch_line":"Timeliness and scope of application for military-overseas ballot","url":"\/24.2-459\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-459","metadata":false},{"id":71326,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-460","catch_line":"Transmission of unvoted ballots","url":"\/24.2-460\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-460","metadata":false},{"id":56227,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-461","catch_line":"Federal write-in absentee ballot","url":"\/24.2-461\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-461","metadata":false},{"id":59764,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-462","catch_line":"Receipt of voted ballot","url":"\/24.2-462\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-462","metadata":false},{"id":76827,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-463","catch_line":"Declaration","url":"\/24.2-463\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-463","metadata":false},{"id":62258,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-464","catch_line":"Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot","url":"\/24.2-464\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-464","metadata":false},{"id":83407,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-465","catch_line":"Publication of election notice","url":"\/24.2-465\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-465","metadata":false},{"id":73923,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-466","catch_line":"Sending and updating notices","url":"\/24.2-466\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-466","metadata":false},{"id":67023,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-467","catch_line":"Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements","url":"\/24.2-467\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-467","metadata":false},{"id":79773,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-468","catch_line":"Equitable relief","url":"\/24.2-468\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-468","metadata":false},{"id":54041,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-469","catch_line":"Uniformity of application and constructions","url":"\/24.2-469\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-469","metadata":false},{"id":60833,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-470","catch_line":"Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act","url":"\/24.2-470\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-470","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":78431,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-458","catch_line":"Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot","url":"\/24.2-458\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-458","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":71326,"structure_id":12938,"section_number":"24.2-460","catch_line":"Transmission of unvoted ballots","url":"\/24.2-460\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-460","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/24.2-459\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0353\">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":false,"permalink":{"id":188139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80839,"identifier":"24.2-459","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-459","url":"\/24.2-459\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-459\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-459","dublin_core":{"Title":"Timeliness and scope of application for military-overseas ballot","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-459","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received by the seventh day before the election or the last day for other voters in this <span class=\"dictionary\">state<\/span> to apply for an absentee ballot for that election. An application for a military-overseas ballot for a <span class=\"dictionary\">primary election<\/span>, whether or not timely, is effective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the <span class=\"dictionary\">general election<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTIMELINESS AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION FOR MILITARY-OVERSEAS BALLOT (\u00a7 24.2-459)\n\nAn application for a military-overseas ballot is timely if received by the\nseventh day before the election or the last day for other voters in this state\nto apply for an absentee ballot for that election. An application for a\nmilitary-overseas ballot for a primary election, whether or not timely, is\neffective as an application for a military-overseas ballot for the general\nelection.\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}}