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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64844</law_id><section_number>24.2-1006</section_number><catch_line>Advice or assistance in casting ballot</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="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Election Offenses Generally; Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as provided by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties" href="/24.2-649/">24.2-649</a>, no person shall directly or indirectly advise or assist any voter as to how he shall cast his ballot after the voter has entered the prohibited area at the polls as designated in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Polling places; prohibited activities; prohibited area; penalties" href="/24.2-604/">24.2-604</a>. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-237; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-267; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
