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The Board shall advise each chairman that notification to the Board of the adoption of a direct primary is required and must be filed with the Board not more than 125 days and not less than 105 days before the date set for the primaries.\n\t\tEach chairman shall file timely written notice with the Board whether or not a primary has been adopted and identify each office for which a primary has been adopted. The requirement to notify the Board of the adoption of a direct primary shall be satisfied when the Board receives by the deadline (i) written notice from the appropriate party chairman or (ii) a copy of the written notice from an incumbent officeholder to his party chairman of the incumbent’s selection, pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-509, of the primary as the method of nomination.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202049,"text":"Each political party within the Commonwealth shall furnish to the State Board the names and addresses of its state, county, and city party chairmen in January of each year, and during the remainder of the year it shall notify the Board of any changes in such names and addresses.\n\t\tAt least 135 days prior to the regular date for a primary, the Board shall inquire of each state chairman and each county and city chairman whether a direct primary has been adopted. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1962, chapter 536; in 1964, chapter 545; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1972, chapter 620; in 1981, chapter 425; in 1990, chapter 199; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2010, chapters 449<\/a> and 645<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60738,"section_number":"24.2-517","catch_line":"State Board to order election","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-517\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79619,"section_number":"24.2-509","catch_line":"Party to determine method of nominating its candidates for office; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-509\/"}],"permalink":{"id":188269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55096,"identifier":"24.2-516","token":"24.2\/5\/4\/24.2-516","url":"\/24.2-516\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-516\/","token":"24.2\/5\/4\/24.2-516","dublin_core":{"Title":"Party to furnish names of chairmen and notify State Board of adoption of direct primary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-516","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each political party<\/span> within the Commonwealth shall furnish to the State Board<\/span> the names and addresses of its state, county, and city party chairmen in January of each year, and during the remainder of the year it shall notify the Board of any changes in such names and addresses.\n\t\tAt least 135 days prior to the regular date for a primary<\/span>, the Board shall inquire of each state chairman and each county and city chairman whether a direct primary<\/span> has been adopted. The Board shall advise each chairman that notification to the Board of the adoption of a direct primary<\/span> is required and must be filed with the Board not more than 125 days and not less than 105 days before the date set for the primaries.\n\t\tEach chairman shall file timely written notice with the Board whether or not a primary<\/span> has been adopted and identify each office for which a primary<\/span> has been adopted. The requirement to notify the Board of the adoption of a direct primary<\/span> shall be satisfied when the Board receives by the deadline (i) written notice from the appropriate party chairman or (ii) a copy of the written notice from an incumbent officeholder to his party chairman of the incumbent’s selection, pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-509<\/a>, of the primary<\/span> as the method of nomination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTY TO FURNISH NAMES OF CHAIRMEN AND NOTIFY STATE BOARD OF ADOPTION OF DIRECT\nPRIMARY (\u00a7 24.2-516)\n\nEach political party within the Commonwealth shall furnish to the State Board\nthe names and addresses of its state, county, and city party chairmen in January\nof each year, and during the remainder of the year it shall notify the Board of\nany changes in such names and addresses.\n\t\tAt least 135 days prior to the regular date for a primary, the Board shall\ninquire of each state chairman and each county and city chairman whether a\ndirect primary has been adopted. The Board shall advise each chairman that\nnotification to the Board of the adoption of a direct primary is required and\nmust be filed with the Board not more than 125 days and not less than 105 days\nbefore the date set for the primaries.\n\t\tEach chairman shall file timely written notice with the Board whether or not a\nprimary has been adopted and identify each office for which a primary has been\nadopted. The requirement to notify the Board of the adoption of a direct primary\nshall be satisfied when the Board receives by the deadline (i) written notice\nfrom the appropriate party chairman or (ii) a copy of the written notice from an\nincumbent officeholder to his party chairman of the incumbent’s selection,\npursuant to \u00a7 24.2-509, of the primary as the method of nomination.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-351; 1962, c. 536; 1964, c. 545; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7\n24.1-176; 1972, c. 620; 1981, c. 425; 1990, c. 199; 1993, c. 641; 2010, cc. 449,\n645.","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}}