                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, AND TERM OF GENERAL REGISTRAR; VACANCIES; CERTAIN
PROHIBITIONS (§ 24.2-110)

A. Each electoral board shall meet in the month of May or June in 2007, and
every four years thereafter, and shall appoint a general registrar, who shall be
a qualified voter of the county or city for which he is appointed unless such
county or city has a population of 50,000 or less. In the case of a city that is
wholly contained within one county, the city electoral board may appoint a
qualified voter of that county to serve as city general registrar. General
registrars shall serve four-year terms beginning July 1, 2007, and each fourth
year thereafter, and continue in office until a successor is appointed and
qualifies.
			The electoral board shall fill any vacancy in the office of general registrar
for the unexpired term. The electoral board shall declare vacant and fill the
office of the general registrar if the appointee fails to qualify and deliver a
copy of his oath to the secretary of the electoral board within 30 days after he
has been notified of his appointment.

B. No general registrar shall hold any other office, by election or appointment,
while serving as general registrar; however, with the consent of the electoral
board, he may undertake other duties which do not conflict with his duties as
general registrar. General registrars shall not serve as officers of election.
The election or appointment of a general registrar to any other office shall
vacate the office of the general registrar.
			No general registrar shall be eligible to offer for or hold an office to be
filled by election in whole or in part by the qualified voters of his
jurisdiction at any election held during the time he serves as general registrar
or for the six months thereafter.
			The electoral board shall not appoint to the office of general registrar any
person who is the spouse of an electoral board member or any person, or the
spouse of any person, who is the parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or
grandchild of an electoral board member.

C. No general registrar shall serve as the chairman of a political party or
other officer of a state, local or district level political party committee. No
general registrar shall serve as a paid or volunteer worker in the campaign of a
candidate for nomination or election to an office filled by election in whole or
in part by the qualified voters of his jurisdiction. The restrictions of this
subsection shall apply to paid deputy registrars but shall not apply to unpaid
deputy registrars.

D. Upon appointment pursuant to this section, a general registrar shall be
eligible for protected voter status under subsection B of &#xA7; 24.2-418.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-30, 24-35, 24-36, 24-52, 24-52.1, 24-53, 24-55,
24-61, 24-65, 24-66, 24-118.1, 24-199; 1954, c. 691; 1958, c. 576; 1962, c. 475;
1964, c. 608; 1968, cc. 97, 141; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-32, 24.1-34, 24.1-43,
24.1-44; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 12; 1978, c. 778;
1980, c. 639; 1981, c. 425; 1982, cc. 290, 650; 1983, c. 511; 1984, c. 480;
1985, c. 197; 1986, c. 558, § 24.1-33.2; 1988, c. 528; 1989, c. 227; 1993, c.
641; 1995, cc. 835, 848; 1996, c. 308; 2004, cc. 27, 391; 2009, c. 403; 2018,
cc. 692, 693; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 482; 2022, c. 140; 2024, c. 309.