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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73171</law_id><section_number>24.2-667.1</section_number><catch_line>Reporting of results; absentee and provisional votes</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for each <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> in his locality the number and results of absentee ballots cast by voters assigned to such <span class="dictionary">precinct</span>. Results from absentee voting and voting at the <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> on <span class="dictionary">election</span> day shall be reported separately. The <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall also report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> the number and results of absentee ballots cast early in person pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Absentee voting in person" href="/24.2-701.1/">24.2-701.1</a> separately from the number and results of all other absentee ballots. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information. Such standards shall direct that all results be posted promptly and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the tenth day after the <span class="dictionary">election</span> day. <a id="paragraph-263430" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-667.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall report to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for each <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> in his locality the total number of provisional ballots cast, the number of those provisional ballots determined to be valid by the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span>, and the results of such valid provisional ballots by voters assigned to such <span class="dictionary">precinct</span>. Results from provisional voting and voting at the <span class="dictionary">precinct</span> on <span class="dictionary">election</span> day shall be reported separately. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish standards for ascertaining and reporting such information. Such standards shall direct that all results be posted promptly and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the tenth day after the <span class="dictionary">election</span> day. <a id="paragraph-263431" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-667.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 471; 2022, cc. 125, 126; 2025, c. 577.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
