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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70207</law_id><section_number>24.2-703</section_number><catch_line>Application for absentee ballots for multiple elections for uniformed and overseas voters</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-701</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="7">Absentee Voting</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who is eligible for a military-overseas ballot as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/24.2-452/">24.2-452</a> may file a single application to receive ballots for all <span class="dictionary">elections</span> in which he is eligible to vote absentee. The application shall be on a federal postcard application. An application from any person who is already registered or who is eligible for late registration under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Extended time for certain persons to register by mail" href="/24.2-419/">24.2-419</a> that is received by the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh day prior to the <span class="dictionary">election</span> shall be considered a standing request for absentee ballots through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the voter specifies. In the event that a second or subsequent federal postcard application is received from a voter, any previous applications shall be superseded and the duration of the most recently received application shall apply.
		The <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall retain the application and process the applicant&#x2019;s request for an absentee ballot for each <span class="dictionary">election</span> in accordance with procedures established by the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span>. The applicant shall specify by <span class="dictionary">party</span> designation the <span class="dictionary">primary</span> ballots he is requesting.
		If an official reply to the application or an absentee ballot sent to the applicant is returned as undeliverable, no other ballots shall be sent. No ballot shall be sent to the applicant, and no voted ballot received from the applicant shall be valid, (i) for any <span class="dictionary">election</span> held after the voter has notified the registrar that the voter no longer wishes to be registered or (ii) after the registrar has received notification that the voter has registered to vote in another state.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 603, &#xA7; 24.1-228.1:1; 1993, c. 641; 2001, c. 793; 2004, c. 410; 2006, c. 438; 2010, cc. 449, 645; 2011, cc. 427, 458; 2012, c. 353; 2020, c. 289.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
