                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED CONDUCT; INTIMIDATION OF VOTERS; DISTURBANCE OF ELECTION; HOW
PREVENTED; PENALTIES (§ 24.2-607)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, intimidate, or interfere with
any qualified voter so as to prevent the voter from casting a secret ballot. The
officers of election may order a person violating this subsection to cease such
action. If such person does not promptly desist, the officers of election, or a
majority of them, may order the arrest of such person by any person authorized
by law to make arrests, and, by their warrant, may commit him to the county or
city jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours. Any
person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. No person shall conduct himself in a noisy or riotous manner at or about the
polls so as to disturb the election or insult or abuse an officer of election.
Any person authorized to make arrests may forthwith arrest a person engaging in
such conduct and bring him before the officers of the election, and they, by
their warrant, may commit him to the county or city jail, as the case may be,
for a period not exceeding twenty-four hours; but they shall permit him to vote
if he is so entitled.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-190, 24-192; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-104; 1993, c.
641.