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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79004</law_id><section_number>24.2-507</section_number><catch_line>Deadlines for filing declarations and petitions of candidacy</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-523</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="5">Candidates for Office</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Independent Candidates</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For any office, declarations of candidacy and the <span class="dictionary">petitions</span> therefor shall be filed according to the following schedule:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> For a <span class="dictionary">general election</span> in November, by 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in June; <a id="paragraph-282982" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-507/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> For a <span class="dictionary">general election</span> in May, by 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March; <a id="paragraph-282983" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-507/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> held at the same time as a November <span class="dictionary">general election</span>, either (i) at least 81 days before the election or (ii) if the <span class="dictionary">special election</span> is being held at the second November election after the vacancy occurred, by 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday in June before that November election; <a id="paragraph-282984" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-507/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> For a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> held at the same time as a May <span class="dictionary">general election</span>, by 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March; or <a id="paragraph-282985" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-507/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> For a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> held at a time other than a <span class="dictionary">general election</span>, (i) at least 60 days before the election or (ii) within five days of any <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of election or <span class="dictionary">order</span> calling a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> to be held less than 60 days after the issuance of the <span class="dictionary">writ</span> or <span class="dictionary">order</span>. <a id="paragraph-282986" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-507/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-130, 24-131, 24-134.1, 24-135; 1958, c. 605; 1960, c. 427; 1962, c. 536; 1964, cc. 540, 541; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-166; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 119, 247; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c. 778; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1984, c. 480; 1991, c. 137; 1993, c. 641; 2010, cc. 449, 542, 645; 2011, c. 599; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 239.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
