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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83169</law_id><section_number>24.2-664</section_number><catch_line>Reduction in number of 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>Whenever the number of ballots is reduced by fraudulent or void ballots below the number of names of <span class="dictionary">qualified voters</span> on the pollbooks who voted on <span class="dictionary">paper ballots</span>, the cause of such reduction shall be stated in the space provided on the statement of results.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-624; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-141; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
