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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82395</law_id><section_number>24.2-404.4</section_number><catch_line>Exchange of registered voter lists with other states</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-404</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Voter Registration</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Virginia Voter Registration System</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Pursuant to its authority under subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lists of registered voters" href="/24.2-405/">24.2-405</a> and subsections B and C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Lists of persons voting at elections" href="/24.2-406/">24.2-406</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> shall request voter registration information and lists of persons voting at primaries and elections, if available, from the states bordering the Commonwealth to identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons who are no longer entitled to be registered in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to maintain the overall accuracy of the <span class="dictionary">voter registration system</span>. <a id="paragraph-295210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-404.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Pursuant to its authority under subdivision A 10 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duties of Department of Elections" href="/24.2-404/">24.2-404</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> shall utilize data regarding voter registration and lists of persons voting at primaries and elections received through list comparisons with other states to identify duplicate registrations, voters who no longer reside in the Commonwealth, and other persons who are no longer entitled to be registered in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to maintain the overall accuracy of the <span class="dictionary">voter registration system</span>. <a id="paragraph-295211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-404.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The Department shall compare the data received pursuant to subsections A and B with the state voter registration list and initiate list maintenance procedures under applicable state and federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>. The Department shall include in its report to the House and Senate Committees on <span class="dictionary">Privileges</span> and Elections, required by subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duties of Department of Elections" href="/24.2-404/">24.2-404</a>, the progress of activities conducted under this section, including the number of duplicate registrations found to exist and the procedures that the Department and <span class="dictionary">general registrars</span> are following to eliminate duplicate registrations from the Virginia <span class="dictionary">registered voter</span> lists. <a id="paragraph-295212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-404.4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 435; 2015, cc. 713, 740; 2018, c. 460.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
