                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VOTERS WHO DID NOT RECEIVE ABSENTEE BALLOTS; PROVISIONAL BALLOTS (§ 24.2-653.1)

Any person who offers to vote pursuant to § 24.2-643 at his proper polling
place or at a central absentee voter precinct established by the governing body
of the county or city where he is registered to vote, but whose name is shown on
the pollbook as having applied for an absentee ballot, shall be entitled to cast
a provisional ballot if, for any reason, he did not receive or has lost the
absentee ballot or has chosen to not vote absentee. In such case, he shall be
required to present to the officer of election a statement signed by him that he
did not receive the ballot, has lost the ballot, or has not cast the ballot,
subject to felony penalties for making false statements as pursuant to §
24.2-1016, before being given a printed ballot and permitted to vote the
provisional ballot. The electoral board shall process the ballot in accordance
with the provisions of § 24.2-653.01 and the instructions of the State Board.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 283; 2010, c. 348; 2014, cc. 540, 576; 2020, c. 735; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 471.