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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66653</law_id><section_number>24.2-947.8</section_number><catch_line>Filing requirements for special elections</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-948.2</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="9.3">Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Candidates and Their Campaign Committees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Candidates</span> for nomination or election to an office to be filled by a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> held on a regular election date shall file the prescribed reports of contributions and expenditures which apply to regularly scheduled <span class="dictionary">elections</span> for that office. <a id="paragraph-241790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the case of a <span class="dictionary">special election</span> held on a date other than a regularly scheduled <span class="dictionary">general election</span>, the <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> shall file as follows: <a id="paragraph-241791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A report not later than the eighth day before the <span class="dictionary">special election</span> date complete through the twelfth day before that date; <a id="paragraph-241792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A postelection report no later than the thirtieth day after the election and prior to taking office; and <a id="paragraph-241793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A postelection report not later than January 15 and July 15 each year until a final report is filed. <a id="paragraph-241794" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">candidate</span>, who has been subject to the election year filing schedule set out in subdivisions B 1 through B 3 and who has not filed a final report, shall file reports in any subsequent election year for the same office in accordance with the election year filing schedule set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing schedule for candidates for office; November elections" href="/24.2-947.6/">24.2-947.6</a> or <a class="law" title="Filing schedule for candidates for office; May elections" href="/24.2-947.7/">24.2-947.7</a> as appropriate for that office. <a id="paragraph-241795" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> shall also file any report of certain large contributions required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special report required of certain large pre-election contributions" href="/24.2-947.9/">24.2-947.9</a>, if applicable. <a id="paragraph-241796" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.8/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1986, c. 558, &#xA7; 24.1-257.2; 1988, c. 734; 1991, c. 709; 1993, cc. 639, 641, &#xA7; 24.2-918; 2005, c. 831; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 696; 2015, c. 646.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
