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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81259</law_id><section_number>15.2-1653</section_number><catch_line>Ascertaining results</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Courthouses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The electoral board shall ascertain the vote from the returns, and shall certify in duplicate the votes cast for removal and authorizing the expenditure of the amount stated in the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and against removal. One of the certificates shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">county</span> clerk and the other with the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-52; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-568; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 42, 245; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
