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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85642</law_id><section_number>24.2-512</section_number><catch_line>Primaries to be conducted in accordance with article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="4">Conduct of Primaries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">primary</span> when held shall be conducted in all respects under the provisions of this article. All references in this chapter to primaries shall be deemed to mean those <span class="dictionary">elections</span> held for the purpose of nominating <span class="dictionary">candidates</span> as authorized by this article.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-347; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-170; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
