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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70245</law_id><section_number>24.2-645</section_number><catch_line>Defaced printed ballots</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="4">Conduct of Election; Election Results</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span> is unintentionally or accidentally defaced and rendered unfit for voting, the voter may deliver the defaced ballot to the <span class="dictionary">officer of election</span> and receive another. The returned ballot shall be marked spoiled by the <span class="dictionary">officer of election</span> and placed in the spoiled ballot envelope.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-238; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-130; 1987, c. 349; 1993, c. 641; 2014, cc. 540, 576.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
