                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW FIRST ELECTION ORDERED AND HELD (§ 15.2-3604)

An order incorporating a town under this chapter shall order the first election
of town officers and shall designate the time and place where the election shall
be held in the town. The election shall be at least 90 days from the date of the
order and not within 120 days of a general election. The electoral board of the
county within which the town, or the greater part thereof, is situated shall,
not less than 90 days before the election, determine the qualified voters within
the town, and the general registrar for the county shall provide the appropriate
notice, in accordance with § 24.2-114. At any time the books are not closed
pursuant to § 24.2-416, any person residing in the town who has not registered
shall be entitled to register and vote in the town if he would have been
entitled to register and vote in the county. Five members of council shall be
elected and shall serve until their successors, elected pursuant to charter
provisions, qualify and take office. The officers of election shall comply with
the requirements of Title 24.2. If, for any cause no election is held on the day
fixed in the order, the court may, by an order entered in its common-law order
book, fix another day for the election, which shall be held as required by this
section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-69; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-969; 1980, c. 45; 1997, c.
587; 2003, c. 1015.