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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68227</law_id><section_number>24.2-457</section_number><catch_line>Methods of registering to vote</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-458</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a <span class="dictionary">federal postcard application</span>. <a id="paragraph-246906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-457/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a <span class="dictionary">federal write-in absentee ballot</span> to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the <span class="dictionary">federal write-in absentee ballot</span>, if the declaration is received by the applicable deadline for registration. If the declaration is received after that date, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent <span class="dictionary">elections</span>. <a id="paragraph-246907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-457/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> shall ensure that the system described in subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Role of Commissioner of Elections" href="/24.2-455/">24.2-455</a> is capable of accepting both a <span class="dictionary">federal postcard application</span> and any other approved registration application sent to the appropriate <span class="dictionary">election</span> official. The voter may use the system or any other approved method to register to vote. <a id="paragraph-246908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-457/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, c. 353.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
