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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54412</law_id><section_number>24.2-532</section_number><catch_line>Abstracts of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded</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>As soon as the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> shall determine the persons who have received the highest number of votes for nomination to any such office, the secretary of the board shall immediately make out abstracts and certificates of the votes cast as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks" href="/24.2-675/">24.2-675</a> and forward certified copies thereof to the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>. The secretary in addition shall place certified copies thereof in an envelope and forward them in person or by certified mail (i) for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, to the chairman of the congressional district committee, (ii) for members of the General Assembly, to the chairman of the Senate or House of Delegates district committee, and (iii) for county and city and district officers, to the chairman of the county or city. &#x201C;Chairman&#x201D; means the chairman of the <span class="dictionary">political party</span> under whose auspices the primary is held.
		If the abstract of votes shall not have been received by the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> from any county or city within six days after any state <span class="dictionary">primary election</span>, the Board shall dispatch a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer to obtain them as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded" href="/24.2-678/">24.2-678</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-388, 24-390; 1952, c. 4; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-191, 24.1-193; 1976, c. 616; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
