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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68688</law_id><section_number>24.2-309.2</section_number><catch_line>Election precincts; prohibiting precinct changes for specified period of time</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="3">Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Requirements for Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No county, city, or town shall create, divide, abolish, or consolidate any <span class="dictionary">precincts</span>, or otherwise change the boundaries of any <span class="dictionary">precinct</span>, effective during the period from February 1, 2019, to May 15, 2021, except as (i) provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> upon a change in the boundaries of the county, city, or town, (ii) the result of a <span class="dictionary">court order</span>, (iii) the result of a change in the form of government, or (iv) the result of an increase or decrease in the number of local <span class="dictionary">election districts</span> other than at-large districts. Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> required to comply with the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Requirements for county and city precincts" href="/24.2-307/">24.2-307</a> shall be adopted on or before February 1, 2019.
		If a change in the boundaries of a <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> is required pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv), the county, city, or town shall comply with the applicable requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, including &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Recording reapportionment ordinance; notice requirements" href="/24.2-304.3/">24.2-304.3</a> and <a class="law" title="Staff to Virginia Redistricting Commission; census liaison" href="/30-395/">30-395</a>, and send copies of the ordered or enacted changes to the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of <span class="dictionary">Elections</span> and the Division of Legislative Services.
		This section shall not prohibit any county, city, or town from adopting an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> revising <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> boundaries after January 1, 2021. However, no revisions in <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> boundaries shall be implemented in the conduct of <span class="dictionary">elections</span> prior to May 15, 2021.</p></section></text><history>2008, c. 112; 2018, cc. 778, 779; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
