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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56887</law_id><section_number>24.2-428.1</section_number><catch_line>Other procedures for assigning registered voters to inactive status</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-444</reference><reference>24.2-703.1</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="5">Cancellation of Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the voter list maintenance program provided for in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Regular periodic review of registration records; notice to voters identified as having moved; placement on inactive status for failure to respond to notice" href="/24.2-428/">24.2-428</a>, the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> and the <span class="dictionary">registered voter</span> shall follow the confirmation notification procedures set forth in subsections C through E of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Regular periodic review of registration records; notice to voters identified as having moved; placement on inactive status for failure to respond to notice" href="/24.2-428/">24.2-428</a> if a voter provides an address on a <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> or <span class="dictionary">referendum</span> <span class="dictionary">petition</span> that differs from the address for the voter on the <span class="dictionary">voter registration system</span> or if any of the following documents sent to the <span class="dictionary">registered voter</span> are returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An acknowledgment of registration; <a id="paragraph-208366" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> An acknowledgment of transfer to a new address; <a id="paragraph-208367" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> An absentee ballot or application for an absentee ballot sent or provided in accordance with Chapter 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot" href="/24.2-700/">24.2-700</a> et seq.); <a id="paragraph-208368" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Notification to a voter after a <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> reassignment; <a id="paragraph-208369" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Notification of a change of address sent to a voter in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Regular periodic review of registration records; notice to voters identified as having moved; placement on inactive status for failure to respond to notice" href="/24.2-428/">24.2-428</a>; or <a id="paragraph-208370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any official voter registration or <span class="dictionary">election</span> mail. <a id="paragraph-208371" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-428.1/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, cc. 72, 73; 2001, c. 625.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
