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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86411</law_id><section_number>24.2-653.3</section_number><catch_line>Voters assigned to split precinct; provisional ballots</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-653.01</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any voter who is assigned to a <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> that is split between two or more <span class="dictionary">election districts</span> and believes he was given a ballot for the district of which he is not a <span class="dictionary">qualified voter</span> may request, prior to casting the ballot, and shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot for the district of which he believes he is a <span class="dictionary">qualified voter</span> and for the district in which the pollbook indicates he is registered. The provisional ballots shall be cast in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Provisional voting; procedures in polling place" href="/24.2-653/">24.2-653</a>, except that the voter shall be given a <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span> for the district of which he believes he is a <span class="dictionary">qualified voter</span> and for the district in which the pollbook indicates he is registered, and an envelope for each ballot, which shall be labeled with the corresponding district number. After marking each <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span>, the voter shall seal each ballot in its corresponding envelope, and the ballot envelopes shall then be <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> in the green envelope provided for in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Provisional voting; procedures in polling place" href="/24.2-653/">24.2-653</a>. <a id="paragraph-309520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-653.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> At the meeting of the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> to determine the validity of all provisional ballots offered in the election, the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> shall verify in which district a voter who voted provisionally pursuant to this section is a <span class="dictionary">qualified voter</span>, and the provisional ballot cast by the voter for that district shall be counted. The <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> shall process the ballot in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <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>. <a id="paragraph-309521" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-653.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 920, &#xA7; 24.2-653.2.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
