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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57464</law_id><section_number>24.2-609</section_number><catch_line>Voting booths</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="6">The Election</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions; Polling Places</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> or <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall provide at each <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> in the county or city one or more voting booths. At least one booth shall be an enclosure which permits the voter to vote by <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span> in secret and is equipped with a writing surface, operative writing implements, and adequate lighting. Enclosures for voting equipment shall provide for voting in secret and be adequately lighted. &#x201C;Voting booth&#x201D; includes enclosures for voting <span class="dictionary">printed ballots</span> and for voting equipment.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-185, 24-302; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-100, 24.1-212; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641; 2014, cc. 540, 576; 2016, cc. 18, 492.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
