                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHANGE OF REGISTERED VOTER&#8217;S ADDRESS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH; PILOT
PROJECT (§ 24.2-424)

A. Whenever a registered voter changes his place of residence within the
Commonwealth, he shall promptly notify any general registrar of the address of
his new residence. Such notice may be made in person, in writing, by return of
the voter registration card noting the new address, or on a form approved by the
State Board of Elections, which may be electronic. The notice in writing may be
provided by mail or by facsimile and shall be signed by the voter unless he is
physically unable to sign, in which case his own mark acknowledged by a witness
shall be sufficient signature. Notice may be provided by electronic means as
authorized by the State Board and signed by the voter in a manner consistent
with the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-416.7 and the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act (&#xA7; 59.1-479 et seq.). The fact that a voter provides an address on a
candidate or referendum petition that differs from the address for the voter on
the voter registration system shall not be sufficient notice to change the
voter&#8217;s registration address. Any statements made by any voter applying
for transfer are subject to felony penalties for making a false statement
pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-1016.

B. If the voter has moved within the same county or city, on receipt of the
notification, the general registrar for that county or city shall (i) enter the
new address on the registration record; (ii) if satisfied that the registered
voter has moved into another precinct within the same county or city, transfer
the registration of the voter to that precinct; and (iii) send the voter
confirmation documents. This transfer may be entered in the registration records
at any time the registration records are not closed pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-416.

C. Any request for transfer or change of address within the Commonwealth
delivered to any registrar shall be forwarded to the general registrar for the
city or county in the Commonwealth where the voter now resides. When forwarding
said notice, or upon request from the registrar for the county or city where the
voter now resides, the registrar for the county or city where the voter formerly
resided shall forward the original application for registration to the registrar
for the voter&#8217;s new locality.

D. Upon receipt of the voter&#8217;s original registration application, and
notice as specified in subsection A of this section indicating the voter&#8217;s
current residence, the registrar for the county or city in which the voter
currently resides shall: (i) enter the new address on the registration record;
(ii) if satisfied that the registered voter has moved into a precinct within
that county or city, transfer the registration of the voter to that precinct;
(iii) send the voter confirmation documents; and (iv) through the Virginia voter
registration system, notify the registrar of the locality where the voter
formerly resided that the registration has been transferred. This transfer may
be entered in the registration records at any time the registration records are
not closed pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-416.

E. If the original registration application is no longer available to the
registrar in the city or county where the voter formerly resided, either of the
following shall be sent to and accepted by the registrar in the city or county
where the voter now resides in lieu of such application: (i) an unsigned voter
card (or conversion card) used as the voter record upon the creation of the
statewide voter registration system or (ii) a replacement record provided by the
Department to replace damaged files in the registrar&#8217;s office. If no other
record is available, then the registrar of the voter&#8217;s former locality
shall provide written notification to the registrar of the locality in which the
voter now resides that none of the required documents are available. In this
instance only, the registrar of the locality in which the voter now resides
shall copy the voter&#8217;s record from the Virginia voter registration system
and use that record in lieu of the original voter registration application. Any
complete voter registration application on a form previously authorized for use
in Virginia shall be valid for the purposes of continuing or transferring a
voter&#8217;s registration within the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-85; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-52; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247;
1977, c. 490; 1993, c. 641; 2000, c. 857; 2001, cc. 615, 625; 2002, c. 279;
2003, c. 1015; 2013, cc. 520, 684; 2015, c. 740.