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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1958, chapter 160; in 1962, chapter 536; in 1966, chapter 116; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1981, chapter 425; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2008, chapter 423<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59219,"section_number":"24.2-712","catch_line":"Central absentee voter precincts; counting ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-712\/"}],"permalink":{"id":188411,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54395,"identifier":"24.2-603","token":"24.2\/6\/1\/24.2-603","url":"\/24.2-603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-603\/","token":"24.2\/6\/1\/24.2-603","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hours polls to be open; closing the polls","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

At all elections<\/span>, the polls shall be open at each polling place<\/span> at 6:00 a.m. on the day of the election and closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day except as provided for central absentee voter precincts<\/span> pursuant to subsection G of \u00a7 24.2-712<\/a>.\n\t\tAt 6:45 p.m. an officer of election<\/span> shall announce that the polls will close in fifteen minutes. The officers of election shall list the names of all qualified voters<\/span> in line before the polling place<\/span> at 7:00 p.m. and permit those voters and no others to vote after 7:00 p.m.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOURS POLLS TO BE OPEN; CLOSING THE POLLS (\u00a7 24.2-603)\n\nAt all elections, the polls shall be open at each polling place at 6:00 a.m. on\nthe day of the election and closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day except as\nprovided for central absentee voter precincts pursuant to subsection G of \u00a7\n24.2-712.\n\t\tAt 6:45 p.m. an officer of election shall announce that the polls will close\nin fifteen minutes. The officers of election shall list the names of all\nqualified voters in line before the polling place at 7:00 p.m. and permit those\nvoters and no others to vote after 7:00 p.m.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 24-182, 24-184; 1950, p. 462; 1958, c. 160; 1962, c.\n536; 1966, c. 116; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7\u00a7 24.1-98, 24.1-99; 1981, c. 425; 1993, c.\n641; 2008, c. 423; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 471, 522.","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}}