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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 497<\/a> and 588<\/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, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194737,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80516,"identifier":"3.2-1714","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1714","url":"\/3.2-1714\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1714\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1714","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons eligible to vote","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1714","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who owns an equine in the Commonwealth shall be eligible to vote in a referendum<\/span> held under this article if he executes and submits to the Commissioner<\/span> an affidavit<\/span> on forms and methods approved by the Board<\/span> verifying Virginia residency, legal voting age, and at least one of the following to confirm equine ownership:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Current breed or discipline registration for an equine owned in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Receipt of a valid Virginia equine infectious anemia test within the last 12 months indicating an ownership interest in an equine. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A lease purchase agreement, contract<\/span>, bill of sale, or other legal document showing current ownership or lease interest in an equine stabled or pastured in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tCompleted forms shall include the full name of the person submitting the form along with an associated farm name, if applicable, mailing address, and phone number. Any person who is not an individual shall vote by its authorized representative. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE (\u00a7 3.2-1714)\n\nAny person who owns an equine in the Commonwealth shall be eligible to vote in a\nreferendum held under this article if he executes and submits to the\nCommissioner an affidavit on forms and methods approved by the Board verifying\nVirginia residency, legal voting age, and at least one of the following to\nconfirm equine ownership:\n\n1. Current breed or discipline registration for an equine owned in the\nCommonwealth.\n\n2. Receipt of a valid Virginia equine infectious anemia test within the last 12\nmonths indicating an ownership interest in an equine.\n\n3. A lease purchase agreement, contract, bill of sale, or other legal document\nshowing current ownership or lease interest in an equine stabled or pastured in\nthe Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tCompleted forms shall include the full name of the person submitting the form\nalong with an associated farm name, if applicable, mailing address, and phone\nnumber. Any person who is not an individual shall vote by its authorized\nrepresentative.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, \u00a7 3.1-22.69; 2008, c. 860.","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}}