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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 252<\/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 2013, chapter 537<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":188941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76028,"identifier":"24.2-711.1","token":"24.2\/7\/24.2-711.1","url":"\/24.2-711.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-711.1\/","token":"24.2\/7\/24.2-711.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt; notice of reason for rejection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-711.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Secretary, in coordination with local election<\/span> officials, shall implement a free-access system by which a voter may determine: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Whether the voter’s application for an absentee ballot has been received and accepted; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Whether the voter’s absentee ballot has been received and the current status of the absentee ballot. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The electoral board<\/span> of each county and city shall send a written explanation of the reason for rejection of an absentee ballot to the voter whose absentee ballot is rejected within 90 days of the date on which the ballot is rejected. The State Board<\/span> of Elections<\/span> shall promulgate instructions to implement the provisions of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABSENTEE BALLOTS; CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT; NOTICE OF REASON FOR REJECTION (\u00a7\n24.2-711.1)\n\nA. The Secretary, in coordination with local election officials, shall implement\na free-access system by which a voter may determine:\n\n 1. Whether the voter’s application for an absentee ballot has been\n received and accepted; and\n\n 2. Whether the voter’s absentee ballot has been received and the current\n status of the absentee ballot.\n\nB. The electoral board of each county and city shall send a written explanation\nof the reason for rejection of an absentee ballot to the voter whose absentee\nballot is rejected within 90 days of the date on which the ballot is rejected.\nThe State Board of Elections shall promulgate instructions to implement the\nprovisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 252; 2013, c. 537.","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}}