                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE BOARD TO BE FURNISHED NAMES OF NOMINATED ELECTORS SELECTED BY POLITICAL
PARTIES; CERTAIN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS; VACANCIES (§ 24.2-241)

A. In elections for President and Vice President of the United States, the
appropriate chairman or secretary of each political party as defined in &#xA7;
24.2-101 shall furnish to the State Board by noon on the seventy-fourth day
before the presidential election (i) the names of the individuals nominated to
be electors by the party at its convention held for that purpose, with the total
number of its nominated electors equaling the whole number of senators and
representatives to which the Commonwealth at that time is entitled in the
Congress of the United States, together with the names of the political party
and of the candidates for President and Vice President for whom the nominated
electors are required to vote in the Electoral College, and (ii) a copy of the
subscribed and notarized oath required by &#xA7; 24.2-240.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, (i) the state political party
chairman of a political party whose national convention has been scheduled to be
held after the seventy-fourth day before the presidential election shall file by
noon on the seventy-fourth day before the presidential election, with the
certification of its nominated electors, a certification of the individuals
expected to be nominated for President and Vice President at its national
convention; (ii) the State Board shall certify candidates to the local electoral
boards, and ballot preparation shall proceed on the basis of the state party
chairman&#8217;s certifications; and (iii) the candidates for President and Vice
President nominated by the party at its national convention shall be certified
to the State Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixtieth day before the
presidential election.

C. In the event of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a candidate of
a political party for President or Vice President, or of a nominated elector of
a political party, that party may substitute the name of a different candidate
or nominated elector, as applicable, before the State Board certifies to the
county and city electoral boards the form of the official ballots.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 801.