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It has been modified 4 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 581; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0464\">464<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188497,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78484,"identifier":"24.2-615","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-615","url":"\/24.2-615\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-615\/","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Separate questions for proposed constitutional amendments, etc.; uniform ballots","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A separate question shall be presented for each of the following: proposed amendments to the Constitution submitted to the <span class=\"dictionary\">qualified voters<\/span> at one election; proposals submitted to the <span class=\"dictionary\">qualified voters<\/span> after a constitutional convention pursuant to Article XII, Section 2 of the Constitution; <span class=\"dictionary\">candidates<\/span> for President, Vice President, and presidential electors; and <span class=\"dictionary\">candidates<\/span> for the Congress of the United States.\n\t\tThe form of the ballot shall be the same throughout the <span class=\"dictionary\">election district<\/span> in which the same <span class=\"dictionary\">candidates<\/span> are running to fill the same offices and throughout the district in which a question is submitted to the voters.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEPARATE QUESTIONS FOR PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, ETC.; UNIFORM BALLOTS\n(\u00a7 24.2-615)\n\nA separate question shall be presented for each of the following: proposed\namendments to the Constitution submitted to the qualified voters at one\nelection; proposals submitted to the qualified voters after a constitutional\nconvention pursuant to Article XII, Section 2 of the Constitution; candidates\nfor President, Vice President, and presidential electors; and candidates for the\nCongress of the United States.\n\t\tThe form of the ballot shall be the same throughout the election district in\nwhich the same candidates are running to fill the same offices and throughout\nthe district in which a question is submitted to the voters.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-216; 1952, c. 581; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-112; 1971,\nEx. 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