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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56486</law_id><section_number>24.2-626</section_number><catch_line>Governing bodies shall acquire electronic voting systems</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The governing body of each county and city shall provide for the use of electronic <span class="dictionary">voting systems</span>, of a kind approved by the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>, at every <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> and for all <span class="dictionary">elections</span> held in the county, the city, or any part of the county or city.
			Each county and city governing body shall purchase, lease, lease purchase, or otherwise acquire such systems and may provide for the payment therefor in the manner it deems proper. Systems of different kinds may be adopted for use and be used in different <span class="dictionary">precincts</span> of the same county or city, or within a <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> or <span class="dictionary">precincts</span> in a county or city, subject to the approval of the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-206787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-626/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> On and after July 1, 2020, no county or city shall use any <span class="dictionary">direct recording electronic machine</span> (<span class="dictionary">DRE</span>) in <span class="dictionary">elections</span> in the county or city. <a id="paragraph-206788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-626/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 242-291; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-203; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1976, c. 616; 1982, c. 650; 1985, c. 458; 1987, c. 129; 1993, c. 641; 1996, c. 258; 2000, c. 280; 2007, cc. 939, 943; 2009, cc. 751, 759; 2010, cc. 356, 533; 2011, cc. 153, 447, 481; 2014, cc. 540, 576; 2016, c. 464.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
