                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF BOARD; FILLING VACANCIES (§ 15.2-705)

A. In any county operating as of December 1, 1993, under the county manager plan
provided for in this chapter, the members of the board shall be elected and
vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided in this section. The members
of the board shall be elected from the county at large.

B. Two board members shall be elected at the November 1995 election to succeed
the members whose terms are expiring, and one member each shall be elected at
the 1994, 1996, and 1997 November elections to succeed the members whose terms
respectively are expiring. Thereafter at each regular November election one or
more board members shall be elected to succeed the members whose terms expire on
or before January 1 next succeeding such election. The members so elected shall
be elected for terms of four years each, shall take office on January 1 next
succeeding their election, and shall hold office until their successors are
elected and qualify. The board may provide, by ordinance, for the nomination or
election of candidates by instant runoff voting pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-705.1.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-226, when any vacancy occurs in
the membership of the board, the judge of the circuit court of the county shall
call a special election for the remainder of the unexpired term to be held not
less than 60 days and not more than 80 days thereafter, and the local electoral
board shall determine and announce within three business days after such call
the candidate filing deadline for that special election. However, if any vacancy
occurs within 180 days before the expiration of a term of office, the vacancy
shall be filled by appointment by a majority vote of the remaining members of
the board within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy after holding a public
hearing on the appointment. The appointment shall be for the duration of the
unexpired term.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-351; 1952, c. 591; 1954, c. 151; 1958, c. 207; 1962,
c. 623, § 15.1-676; 1975, cc. 517, 636; 1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc.
345, 369; 2014, c. 573; 2020, c. 713.