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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81040</law_id><section_number>24.2-453</section_number><catch_line>Restriction of ballot eligibility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-612</reference><reference>24.2-646.1</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="4.1">Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>To be eligible to vote in <span class="dictionary">state</span> and local <span class="dictionary">elections</span>, the application of an <span class="dictionary">overseas voter</span> who has given up his place of abode in Virginia must show that the applicant is employed overseas or the spouse or <span class="dictionary">dependent</span> of a person employed overseas.</p></section></text><history>2012, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
