                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPOSITION OF ELECTION DISTRICTS AND PRECINCTS (§ 24.2-305)

A. Each election district and precinct shall be composed of compact and
contiguous territory and shall have clearly defined and clearly observable
boundaries.

B. A &#8220;clearly observable boundary&#8221; shall include (i) any named road
or street, (ii) any road or highway which is a part of the federal, primary, or
secondary state highway system, (iii) any river, stream, or drainage feature
shown as a polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States Bureau
of the Census, or (iv) any other natural or constructed or erected permanent
physical feature which is shown on an official map issued by the Virginia
Department of Transportation, on a United States Geological Survey topographical
map, or as a polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States
Bureau of the Census. No property line or subdivision boundary shall be deemed
to be a clearly observable boundary unless it is marked by a permanent physical
feature that is shown on an official map issued by the Virginia Department of
Transportation, on a United States Geological Survey topographical map, or as a
polygon boundary on the TIGER/line files of the United States Bureau of the
Census.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 593, § 24.1-40.7; 1990, c. 500; 1992, c. 425; 1993, c. 641;
2001, c. 614.