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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76028</law_id><section_number>24.2-711.1</section_number><catch_line>Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt; notice of reason for rejection</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="7">Absentee Voting</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Secretary, in coordination with local <span class="dictionary">election</span> officials, shall implement a free-access system by which a voter may determine: <a id="paragraph-272892" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-711.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Whether the voter&#x2019;s application for an absentee ballot has been received and accepted; and <a id="paragraph-272893" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-711.1/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Whether the voter&#x2019;s absentee ballot has been received and the current status of the absentee ballot. <a id="paragraph-272894" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-711.1/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> of each county and city shall send a written explanation of the reason for rejection of an absentee ballot to the voter whose absentee ballot is rejected within 90 days of the date on which the ballot is rejected. The <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of <span class="dictionary">Elections</span> shall promulgate instructions to implement the provisions of this section. <a id="paragraph-272895" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-711.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 252; 2013, c. 537.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
