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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 23 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 488; in 1970, chapter 462; in 1972, chapter 620; in 1974, chapter 428; in 1975, chapter 515; in 1976, chapter 616; in 1981, chapter 425; in 1983, chapter 461; in 1988, chapter 6; in 1989, chapter 320; in 1993, chapters 414 and 641; in 1995, chapter 157<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 254<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 378<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 631<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 785<\/a> and 819<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 425<\/a> and 880<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 405<\/a> and 873<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 244<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 353<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 631<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 668<\/a> and 669<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 561<\/a>, 1149<\/a>, 1151<\/a>, and 1201<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72175,"section_number":"24.2-1012","catch_line":"Offenses as to absent voters","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-1012\/"},{"id":56887,"section_number":"24.2-428.1","catch_line":"Other procedures for assigning registered voters to inactive status","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-428.1\/"},{"id":78431,"section_number":"24.2-458","catch_line":"Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-458\/"},{"id":79039,"section_number":"24.2-603.1","catch_line":"Postponement of certain elections; state of emergency","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-603.1\/"},{"id":74662,"section_number":"24.2-646.1","catch_line":"Permitted use of paper ballots","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-646.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69610,"identifier":"24.2-700","token":"24.2\/7\/24.2-700","url":"\/24.2-700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-700\/","token":"24.2\/7\/24.2-700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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