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If the secretary or other such designated person is unable to deliver the official ballots, another member of the board shall deliver the ballots.\n\t\tBefore opening the polls, the officers of election shall open the sealed package and carefully count the ballots. If there is more than one package, additional packages shall be opened as needed and the ballots counted as provided in this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254202,"text":"Before every election the secretary of the electoral board, or another board member, board employee, or the general or a deputy registrar designated by the board, shall deliver to an officer of election of each precinct the official ballots for that precinct and obtain a receipt for the package or packages and a certificate that the seals are unbroken. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 462; in 1993, chapter 641; in 1997, chapter 460<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 140<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79466,"section_number":"24.2-620","catch_line":"Dividing ballots into packages for each precinct; delivery of absentee ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-620\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70445,"identifier":"24.2-621","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-621","url":"\/24.2-621\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-621\/","token":"24.2\/6\/2\/24.2-621","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delivery of packages to officers; opening packages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-621","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Before every election the secretary of the electoral board<\/span>, or another board member, board employee, or the general or a deputy registrar designated by the board, shall deliver to an officer of election<\/span> of each precinct<\/span> the official ballots for that precinct<\/span> and obtain a receipt for the package or packages and a certificate that the seals are unbroken. If the secretary or other such designated person is unable to deliver the official ballots, another member of the board shall deliver the ballots.\n\t\tBefore opening the polls, the officers of election shall open the sealed<\/span> package and carefully count the ballots. If there is more than one package, additional packages shall be opened as needed and the ballots counted as provided in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELIVERY OF PACKAGES TO OFFICERS; OPENING PACKAGES (\u00a7 24.2-621)\n\nBefore every election the secretary of the electoral board, or another board\nmember, board employee, or the general or a deputy registrar designated by the\nboard, shall deliver to an officer of election of each precinct the official\nballots for that precinct and obtain a receipt for the package or packages and a\ncertificate that the seals are unbroken. If the secretary or other such\ndesignated person is unable to deliver the official ballots, another member of\nthe board shall deliver the ballots.\n\t\tBefore opening the polls, the officers of election shall open the sealed\npackage and carefully count the ballots. If there is more than one package,\nadditional packages shall be opened as needed and the ballots counted as\nprovided in this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 24-230, 24-231; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7\u00a7 24.1-120, 24.1-121;\n1993, c. 641; 1997, c. 460; 2022, c. 140.","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}}