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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 939<\/a> and 943<\/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 2008, chapters 87<\/a> and 393<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75404,"identifier":"24.2-625.2","token":"24.2\/6\/3\/24.2-625.2","url":"\/24.2-625.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-625.2\/","token":"24.2\/6\/3\/24.2-625.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Wireless communications at polling places","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-625.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There shall be no wireless communications on election<\/span> day, while the polls are open, between or among voting machines within the polling place<\/span> or between any voting machine within the polling place<\/span> and any equipment outside the polling place<\/span>. For purposes of this section, the term wireless communication shall mean the ability to transfer information via electromagnetic waves without the use of electrical conductors.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to voting machines purchased by any locality before July 1, 2007.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of electronic pollbook devices at polling places<\/span> on election<\/span> day.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AT POLLING PLACES (\u00a7 24.2-625.2)\n\nThere shall be no wireless communications on election day, while the polls are\nopen, between or among voting machines within the polling place or between any\nvoting machine within the polling place and any equipment outside the polling\nplace. For purposes of this section, the term wireless communication shall mean\nthe ability to transfer information via electromagnetic waves without the use of\nelectrical conductors.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to voting machines purchased by\nany locality before July 1, 2007.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the\noperation of electronic pollbook devices at polling places on election day.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 939, 943; 2008, cc. 87, 393.","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}}