                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LISTS OF REGISTERED VOTERS (§ 24.2-405)

A. The Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of
registered voters for their districts to (i) candidates for election or
political party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party
committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political
action committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the
Department of Elections pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-949.2, or with the Federal
Elections Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv)
incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit
organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose
only, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-3100, and
treasurers, as defined in &#xA7; 58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and
enforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts of
the Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for
jury selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall
provide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month
period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other
purpose. However, the Department of Elections is authorized to furnish
information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their
official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state
agencies for maintenance of the voter registration system, and to the Chief
Election Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems.

B. The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of
the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government
census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address
information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of
Elections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of
the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of
maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The
information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other
person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection
shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this
subsection, the term &#8220;census liaison&#8221; shall have the meaning
provided in 13 U.S.C. &#xA7; 16.

C. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social
security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list
furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury
selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax
assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election
Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts
thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter
registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter
registration systems.

D. Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box
address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has
furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street
address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; 24.2-418.

E. No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the
Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or
other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list
furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-23; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973,
c. 30; 1974, cc. 369, 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c. 778; 1983, c.
348; 1993, cc. 144, 641; 1994, cc. 250, 656; 1995, c. 314; 1996, c. 251; 1999,
c. 843; 2000, cc. 512, 556; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, cc. 184,
410; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, c. 318; 2009, c. 318; 2010, c. 452; 2015, c. 712;
2020, cc. 290, 369; 2022, c. 445.