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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75404</law_id><section_number>24.2-625.2</section_number><catch_line>Wireless communications at polling places</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="3">Voting Equipment and Systems</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be no wireless communications on <span class="dictionary">election</span> day, while the polls are open, between or among voting machines within the <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> or between any voting machine within the <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> and any equipment outside the <span class="dictionary">polling place</span>. For purposes of this section, the term wireless communication shall mean the ability to transfer information via electromagnetic waves without the use of electrical conductors.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to voting machines purchased by any locality before July 1, 2007.
		The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the operation of electronic pollbook devices at <span class="dictionary">polling places</span> on <span class="dictionary">election</span> day.</p></section></text><history>2007, cc. 939, 943; 2008, cc. 87, 393.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
