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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67417</law_id><section_number>24.2-653.1</section_number><catch_line>Voters who did not receive absentee ballots; provisional ballots</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-653</reference></referred_to_by><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>Any person who offers to vote pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Qualified voter permitted to vote; procedures at polling place; voter identification" href="/24.2-643/">24.2-643</a> at his proper <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> or at a <span class="dictionary">central absentee voter precinct</span> established by the governing body of the county or city where he is registered to vote, but whose name is shown on the pollbook as having applied for an absentee ballot, shall be entitled to cast a provisional ballot if, for any reason, he did not receive or has lost the absentee ballot or has chosen to not vote absentee. In such case, he shall be required to present to the <span class="dictionary">officer of election</span> a statement signed by him that he did not receive the ballot, has lost the ballot, or has not cast the ballot, subject to <span class="dictionary">felony</span> penalties for making false statements as pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="False statements; penalties" href="/24.2-1016/">24.2-1016</a>, before being given a <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span> and permitted to vote the provisional ballot. The <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> shall process the ballot in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity" href="/24.2-653.01/">24.2-653.01</a> and the instructions of the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>2006, c. 283; 2010, c. 348; 2014, cc. 540, 576; 2020, c. 735; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 471.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
