                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHANGES NOT TO BE ENACTED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF GENERAL ELECTION; NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS (§ 24.2-306)

A. No change in any local election district, precinct, or polling place shall be
enacted within 60 days next preceding any general election. Notice shall be
published prior to enactment in a newspaper having general circulation in the
election district or precinct once a week for two successive weeks. The
published notice shall state where descriptions and maps of proposed boundary
and polling place changes may be inspected.

B. Notice of any adopted change in any election district, town, precinct, or
polling place other than in the location of the office of the general registrar
shall be mailed to all registered voters whose election district, town,
precinct, or polling place is changed at least 30 days prior to the next
general, special, or primary election in which the voters will be voting in the
changed election district, town, precinct, or polling place.
			Notice of a change in the location of a polling place shall also be posted,
to the extent practicable, at the location last used for such polling place on
the day of the first primary election and first general election conducted in
the new location. This notice shall also include information on how voters may
find their polling place.
			Notice of a change in the location of the office of the general registrar
shall be given by posting on the official website of the county or city, by
posting at not less than 10 public places, or by publication once in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county or city within not more than 21 days in
advance of the change or within seven days following the change.

C. Each county, city, and town shall comply with the applicable requirements of
law, including &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-304.3 and 30-395, and send copies of enacted
changes, including a Geographic Information System (GIS) map showing the new
boundaries of the districts or precincts, to the local electoral board, the
Department, and the Division of Legislative Services. Any county, city, or town
that does not have GIS capabilities may request the Department of Elections to
create on its behalf a GIS map showing the boundaries of the new districts or
precincts, and the Department of Elections shall create such a map.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-49 through 24-51; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-39; 1971,
Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 249; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, c. 1000;
2012, cc. 328, 486; 2019, cc. 777, 778; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1; 2024, cc. 312, 461.