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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62992</law_id><section_number>24.2-525</section_number><catch_line>Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Only a person meeting all the qualifications and fulfilling all the requirements of a <span class="dictionary">candidate</span>, and who has complied with the rules and regulations of his <span class="dictionary">party</span>, shall have his name printed on the ballot provided for the <span class="dictionary">primary election</span>. A person who does not file either or both written statements required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Deadlines for filing required statements; extensions" href="/24.2-503/">24.2-503</a> by the relevant deadline, or the end of the extension period if an extension has been granted pursuant to that section, shall not have his name printed on the ballot provided for the <span class="dictionary">primary election</span>. <a id="paragraph-229760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-525/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person shall have his name printed on the ballot for more than one office at any one <span class="dictionary">primary election</span>. However, a <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> for federal or statewide office, or a <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> for an office being filled in a <span class="dictionary">special election</span>, may have his name printed on the ballot for two offices at a <span class="dictionary">primary election</span>. <a id="paragraph-229761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-525/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-369 through 24-372; 1960, c. 427; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-183, 24.1-184; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 226; 1974, c. 428; 1977, c. 490; 1978, cc. 239, 778; 1983, c. 461; 1993, c. 641; 2000, cc. 513, 552; 2004, c. 881; 2020, c. 850.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
