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It has been modified 6 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 1985, chapter 458; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0540\">540<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0576\">576<\/a>; in 2016, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0018\">18<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0492\">492<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0464\">464<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74211,"section_number":"24.2-622","catch_line":"Unofficial sample ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-622\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188615,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82022,"identifier":"24.2-641","token":"24.2\/6\/3\/24.2-641","url":"\/24.2-641\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-641\/","token":"24.2\/6\/3\/24.2-641","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sample ballot","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-641","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">electoral board<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">general registrar<\/span> shall provide for each <span class=\"dictionary\">precinct<\/span> in which any voting or counting machines are used two sample ballots for each ballot style in use at that <span class=\"dictionary\">precinct<\/span>. 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