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If ballots are not corrected to delete the candidate’s name, the general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place and to be available to the public. If election information is posted on the official website for the county or city, notice of the candidate’s withdrawal shall also be posted on that website.\n\t\tThe Department shall have like authority in the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a party nominee subject to the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 24.2-539 et seq.) of Chapter 5.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270770,"text":"In the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of any candidate, other than a party nominee, who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for any election other than a presidential or primary election, the Department of Elections shall take into account the time available before the election and the status of the ballots for the election and shall have authority to direct the electoral boards on how to proceed to print the ballot without the candidate’s name, correct the ballot to delete the candidate’s name, or provide notice to voters of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the candidate. If ballots are not corrected to delete the candidate’s name, the general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place and to be available to the public. If election information is posted on the official website for the county or city, notice of the candidate’s withdrawal shall also be posted on that website.\n\t\tThe Department shall have like authority in the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a party nominee subject to the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 24.2-539 et seq.) of Chapter 5.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15200,"edition_id":1,"name":"Ballots","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13022,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:55","permalink":{"id":188475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15200,"identifier":"2","token":"24.2\/6\/2","url":"\/24.2\/6\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13022,"edition_id":1,"name":"The Election","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12937,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":188395,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13022,"identifier":"6","token":"24.2\/6","url":"\/24.2\/6\/","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":57868,"structure_id":15200,"section_number":"24.2-612","catch_line":"List of offices and candidates filed with Department of Elections and checked for accuracy; 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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 329<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 346<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67056,"section_number":"24.2-539","catch_line":"Party may nominate when nominee dies, withdraws, or nomination is set aside; duty of party chairman","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-539\/"}],"permalink":{"id":188481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75431,"identifier":"24.2-612.1","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-612.1","url":"\/24.2-612.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-612.1\/","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-612.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ballots; death, withdrawal, or disqualification of candidates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-612.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of any candidate<\/span>, other than a party<\/span> nominee, who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for any election other than a presidential or primary election<\/span>, the Department of Elections<\/span> shall take into account the time available before the election and the status of the ballots for the election and shall have authority to direct the electoral boards<\/span> on how to proceed to print the ballot without the candidate<\/span>’s name, correct the ballot to delete the candidate<\/span>’s name, or provide notice to voters of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the candidate<\/span>. If ballots are not corrected to delete the candidate<\/span>’s name, the general registrar<\/span> shall provide a list of candidates<\/span> who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place<\/span> and to be available to the public. If election information is posted on the official website for the county or city, notice of the candidate<\/span>’s withdrawal shall also be posted on that website.\n\t\tThe Department shall have like authority in the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a party<\/span> nominee subject to the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 24.2-539<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBALLOTS; DEATH, WITHDRAWAL, OR DISQUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES (\u00a7 24.2-612.1)\n\nIn the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of any candidate,\nother than a party nominee, who has qualified to have his name printed on the\nballot for any election other than a presidential or primary election, the\nDepartment of Elections shall take into account the time available before the\nelection and the status of the ballots for the election and shall have authority\nto direct the electoral boards on how to proceed to print the ballot without the\ncandidate’s name, correct the ballot to delete the candidate’s name,\nor provide notice to voters of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the\ncandidate. If ballots are not corrected to delete the candidate’s name,\nthe general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to\nbe posted in each polling place and to be available to the public. If election\ninformation is posted on the official website for the county or city, notice of\nthe candidate’s withdrawal shall also be posted on that website.\n\t\tThe Department shall have like authority in the case of the death, withdrawal,\nor disqualification of a party nominee subject to the provisions of Article 5\n(\u00a7 24.2-539 et seq.) of Chapter 5.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 329; 2017, c. 346.","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}}