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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65879</law_id><section_number>24.2-107</section_number><catch_line>Meetings; quorum; notice; account of proceedings; seal; records open to inspection</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="1">General Provisions and Administration</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Electoral Boards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> of each city and county shall meet during the first week in February of the year in which it is to appoint officers of <span class="dictionary">election</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Appointment, qualifications, and terms of officers of election" href="/24.2-115/">24.2-115</a> and during the month of March each year at the time set by the board and at any other time on the call of any board member. Two members shall constitute a quorum. Notice of each meeting shall be given to all board members either by the secretary or the member calling the meeting at least three business days prior to the meeting except in the case of an emergency as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/2.2-3701/">2.2-3701</a>. Notice shall be given to the public as required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Meetings to be public; notice of meetings; recordings; minutes" href="/2.2-3707/">2.2-3707</a>. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title; policy" href="/2.2-3700/">2.2-3700</a> et seq.) unless otherwise provided by this section. Notwithstanding the public notice requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Meetings to be public; notice of meetings; recordings; minutes" href="/2.2-3707/">2.2-3707</a>, two or more members of an <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> may meet on <span class="dictionary">election</span> day to discuss a matter concerning that day&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">election</span>, where such matter requires resolution on that day, and an effort has been made by all available means to give notice of the meeting to all board members. The presence of two or more board members while the ballots, <span class="dictionary">election</span> <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, or voting equipment are being prepared, current or potential <span class="dictionary">polling places</span> are being inspected, or <span class="dictionary">election</span> officials are being trained, or a telephone call between two board members preparing for a meeting, shall not constitute a meeting provided that no discussion or deliberation takes place that would otherwise constitute a meeting.
		The secretary shall keep an accurate account of all board proceedings in a minute book, including all appointments and removals of <span class="dictionary">general registrars</span> and officers of <span class="dictionary">election</span>. The secretary shall keep in his <span class="dictionary">custody</span> the duly adopted seal of the board.
		Minutes of meetings that are required to be recorded pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Meetings to be public; notice of meetings; recordings; minutes" href="/2.2-3707/">2.2-3707</a> shall be posted on the website of the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> or the official website for the county or city, when such means are available. Minutes of meetings shall be posted as soon as possible but no later than one week prior to the following meeting of the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span>.
		Books, papers, and records of the board shall be open to public inspection and copying whenever the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>&#x2019;s office is open for business either at the office of the board or the office of the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>. The <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall determine a reasonable charge, not to exceed the fee authorized pursuant to subdivision A 8 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally" href="/17.1-275/">17.1-275</a>, to be paid for copies made from the books, papers, and records of the board.
		No <span class="dictionary">election</span> record containing an individual&#x2019;s social security number, or any part thereof, shall be made available for inspection or copying by anyone. The <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of <span class="dictionary">Elections</span> shall prescribe procedures for <span class="dictionary">local electoral boards</span> and <span class="dictionary">general registrars</span> to make the information in certificates of <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> qualification available in a manner that does not reveal social security numbers or any parts thereof.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-34, 24-43; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-30; 1978, c. 778; 1979, c. 27; 1982, c. 290; 1993, c. 641; 1994, c. 656; 2003, c. 1015; 2007, cc. 311, 318; 2013, cc. 461, 525; 2014, c. 395; 2016, c. 403.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
