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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54984</law_id><section_number>24.2-116</section_number><catch_line>Compensation of officers; volunteer officers</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="5">Officers of Election</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The governing body of each county, city, or town shall pay its officers of election at least $75 for each full day&#x2019;s service rendered on each election day. In addition, the governing body shall pay each officer $10 and mileage at the rate payable to members of the General Assembly for each time he delivers pollbooks and ballots to the <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> and each time he delivers returns and ballots to the appropriate official after the polls close. <span class="dictionary">Jurisdictions</span> may increase the salary of the officers collecting and delivering <span class="dictionary">materials</span> by at least $10 and the equivalent of mileage expenses from the furthest <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> in the locality in lieu of calculating the mileage and extra pay required by this section.
		An <span class="dictionary">officer of election</span> may <span class="dictionary">waive</span> compensation and serve as an unpaid volunteer officer. Unpaid volunteer officers shall possess the qualifications and fulfill the requirements that apply to paid officers of election.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-207 through 24-209; 1950, p. 245; 1956, c. 235; 1968, c. 141; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-107; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 1015; 2012, c. 489.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
