                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OF OFFICER OF ELECTION (§ 24.2-117)

A candidate may require the removal of an officer of election for the election
in which he is a candidate by a request in writing, filed at least seven days
before the election with the electoral board appointing the officer, on the
grounds that the officer is the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or
grandchild of an opposing candidate. A member of the electoral board may also
request the removal of an officer of election whom he knows to be the spouse,
parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate in the
election by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election
with the electoral board. Upon receipt of a timely written request pursuant to
this section, the electoral board shall ensure that a substitute is appointed to
serve for that election.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 650, § 24.1-105.1; 1993, c. 641; 2014, c. 410; 2016, cc. 18,
492.