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Such elections for party committee members may be conducted by paper ballots or by voting machines in the discretion of the local electoral board.\n\t\tThe proper political party committee shall pay the costs of using the election machinery at any other time for the purpose of conducting other nominating procedures adopted pursuant to the rules of that party, if such use is authorized by the officials having custody of the machinery.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199346,"text":"The treasurer of the county or city in which the elections are held shall pay the costs of primary elections.\n\t\tA political party may hold an election to select the members of its party committee at the same time and in the same places as a primary election without fee or charge for making use of the electoral machinery, provided that a primary to nominate the party’s candidate for an office is in fact conducted on that primary date. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1952, chapter 4; in 1958, chapter 580; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1975, chapter 515; in 1982, chapter 650; in 1993, chapter 641.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63383,"section_number":"24.2-523","catch_line":"Candidates to pay fee before filing","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-523\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188277,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54301,"identifier":"24.2-518","token":"24.2\/5\/4\/24.2-518","url":"\/24.2-518\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-518\/","token":"24.2\/5\/4\/24.2-518","dublin_core":{"Title":"County and city treasurers to pay primary expenses; certain uses of machinery by party","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-518","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The treasurer of the county or city in which the elections are held shall pay the costs of primary elections<\/span>.\n\t\tA political party<\/span> may hold an election to select the members of its party committee at the same time and in the same places as a primary election<\/span> without fee or charge for making use of the electoral machinery, provided that a primary to nominate the party’s candidate<\/span> for an office is in fact<\/span> conducted on that primary date. Such elections for party committee members may be conducted by paper ballots<\/span> or by voting machines in the discretion of the local electoral board<\/span>.\n\t\tThe proper political party<\/span> committee shall pay the costs of using the election machinery at any other time for the purpose of conducting other nominating procedures adopted pursuant to the rules of that party, if such use is authorized by the officials having custody<\/span> of the machinery.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTY AND CITY TREASURERS TO PAY PRIMARY EXPENSES; CERTAIN USES OF MACHINERY BY\nPARTY (\u00a7 24.2-518)\n\nThe treasurer of the county or city in which the elections are held shall pay\nthe costs of primary elections.\n\t\tA political party may hold an election to select the members of its party\ncommittee at the same time and in the same places as a primary election without\nfee or charge for making use of the electoral machinery, provided that a primary\nto nominate the party’s candidate for an office is in fact conducted on\nthat primary date. Such elections for party committee members may be conducted\nby paper ballots or by voting machines in the discretion of the local electoral\nboard.\n\t\tThe proper political party committee shall pay the costs of using the election\nmachinery at any other time for the purpose of conducting other nominating\nprocedures adopted pursuant to the rules of that party, if such use is\nauthorized by the officials having custody of the machinery.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 24-349, 24-364.1; 1952, c. 4; 1958, c. 580; 1970, c.\n462, \u00a7\u00a7 24.1-174, 24.1-180; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1975, c. 515; 1982, c.\n650; 1993, c. 641.","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}}