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The qualifications of voters at each such election shall be as provided by \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-400 through 24.2-403.\n\t\tThe ballots for use at any such election shall be printed to state the question as follows:\n\t\t“Shall ____________________ county (the name of such county to be inserted) return to the secondary state highway system for maintenance and construction by the Commonwealth?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No”\n\t\tThe ballots shall be printed, marked, and counted and returns made and canvassed as in other elections and as provided in \u00a7 24.2-684. The results shall be certified by the secretary of the appropriate electoral board to the State Board of Elections, to the court ordering the election, and to such other authority as may be proper to accomplish the purpose of the election. All other proceedings in connection with any such election shall be in conformity with the proceedings prescribed in \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238985,"text":"Upon the petition of qualified voters of any county that proposes to return its roads to the secondary state highway system equal in number to at least 20 percent of the number counted in such county for presidential electors at the last preceding presidential election or 250, whichever is more, the circuit court of such county shall make an order requiring the judges of election on such day as may be fixed in the order, but not less than 30 days after the date of the order, to open a poll and take the sense of the qualified voters of the county on the question of whether or not such county shall return to the secondary state highway system. The qualifications of voters at each such election shall be as provided by \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-400 through 24.2-403.\n\t\tThe ballots for use at any such election shall be printed to state the question as follows:\n\t\t“Shall ____________________ county (the name of such county to be inserted) return to the secondary state highway system for maintenance and construction by the Commonwealth?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No”\n\t\tThe ballots shall be printed, marked, and counted and returns made and canvassed as in other elections and as provided in \u00a7 24.2-684. The results shall be certified by the secretary of the appropriate electoral board to the State Board of Elections, to the court ordering the election, and to such other authority as may be proper to accomplish the purpose of the election. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75445,"section_number":"33.2-345","catch_line":"Effect of election to determine return to the secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-345\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70213,"section_number":"24.2-400","catch_line":"Persons entitled to register and vote","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-400\/"},{"id":77170,"section_number":"24.2-403","catch_line":"Persons under 18 years of age","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-403\/"},{"id":82479,"section_number":"24.2-684","catch_line":"How referendum elections called and held, and the results ascertained and certified","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-684\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65757,"identifier":"33.2-344","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-344","url":"\/33.2-344\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-344\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-344","dublin_core":{"Title":"Election to determine return to the secondary state highway system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-344","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the petition<\/span> of qualified voters of any county that proposes to return its roads to the secondary state highway<\/span> system equal in number to at least 20 percent of the number counted in such county for presidential electors at the last preceding presidential election or 250, whichever is more, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of such county shall make an order<\/span> requiring the judges<\/span> of election on such day as may be fixed in the order<\/span>, but not less than 30 days after the date of the order<\/span>, to open a poll and take the sense of the qualified voters of the county on the question of whether or not such county shall return to the secondary state highway<\/span> system. The qualifications of voters at each such election shall be as provided by \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-400<\/a> through 24.2-403<\/a>.\n\t\tThe ballots for use at any such election shall be printed to state the question as follows:\n\t\t“Shall ____________________ county (the name of such county to be inserted) return to the secondary state highway<\/span> system for maintenance<\/span> and construction by the Commonwealth?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No”\n\t\tThe ballots shall be printed, marked, and counted and returns made and canvassed as in other elections and as provided in \u00a7 24.2-684<\/a>. The results shall be certified by the secretary<\/span> of the appropriate electoral board<\/span> to the State Board<\/span> of Elections, to the court<\/span> ordering the election, and to such other authority as may be proper to accomplish the purpose of the election. All other proceedings in connection with any such election shall be in conformity with the proceedings prescribed in \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTION TO DETERMINE RETURN TO THE SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (\u00a7 33.2-344)\n\nUpon the petition of qualified voters of any county that proposes to return its\nroads to the secondary state highway system equal in number to at least 20\npercent of the number counted in such county for presidential electors at the\nlast preceding presidential election or 250, whichever is more, the circuit\ncourt of such county shall make an order requiring the judges of election on\nsuch day as may be fixed in the order, but not less than 30 days after the date\nof the order, to open a poll and take the sense of the qualified voters of the\ncounty on the question of whether or not such county shall return to the\nsecondary state highway system. The qualifications of voters at each such\nelection shall be as provided by \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-400 through 24.2-403.\n\t\tThe ballots for use at any such election shall be printed to state the\nquestion as follows:\n\t\t“Shall ____________________ county (the name of such county to be\ninserted) return to the secondary state highway system for maintenance and\nconstruction by the Commonwealth?\n\t\t[ ] Yes\n\t\t[ ] No”\n\t\tThe ballots shall be printed, marked, and counted and returns made and\ncanvassed as in other elections and as provided in \u00a7 24.2-684. The results\nshall be certified by the secretary of the appropriate electoral board to the\nState Board of Elections, to the court ordering the election, and to such other\nauthority as may be proper to accomplish the purpose of the election. All other\nproceedings in connection with any such election shall be in conformity with the\nproceedings prescribed in \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-54; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-86; 2014, c. 805.","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}}