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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85280</law_id><section_number>24.2-123</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for registration and voting; prohibition on use of power of attorney</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="6">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No action undertaken to fulfill any requirement of this title to register or vote shall be valid or complete when the action is based on the exercise of a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>, or other writing, in which any principal shall have vested any power or authority in an <span class="dictionary">attorney-in-<span class="dictionary">fact</span></span> or other agent.</p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 192, 234.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
