                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION BY VOTER OR FOR PERSONS KNOWN TO BE DECEASED OR
DISQUALIFIED TO VOTE (§ 24.2-427)

A. Any registered voter may cancel his registration and have his name removed
from the central registration records by signing an authorization for
cancellation and mailing or otherwise submitting the signed authorization to the
general registrar. When submitted by any means other than when notarized or in
person, such cancellation must be made at least 22 days prior to an election in
order to be valid in that election. The general registrar shall acknowledge
receipt of the authorization and advise the voter in person or by first-class
mail that his registration has been canceled within 10 days of receipt of such
authorization.

B. The general registrar shall promptly cancel the registration of (i) all
persons known by him to be deceased; (ii) all persons known by him to be
disqualified to vote by reason of a felony conviction or adjudication of
incapacity; (iii) all persons known by him not to be United States citizens by
reason of reports from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to &#xA7;
24.2-410.1 or from the Department of Elections based on information received
from the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program)
pursuant to subsection E of &#xA7; 24.2-404 and in accordance with the
requirements of subsection C; (iv) all persons for whom a notice has been
received, signed by the voter, or from the registration official of another
jurisdiction that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth; and (v) all persons
for whom a notice has been received, signed by the voter, or from the
registration official of another jurisdiction that the voter has registered to
vote outside the Commonwealth, subsequent to his registration in Virginia. The
notice received in clauses (iv) and (v) shall be considered as a written request
from the voter to have his registration cancelled. A voter&#8217;s registration
may be cancelled at any time during the year in which the general registrar
discovers that the person is no longer entitled to be registered. The general
registrar shall provide notice of any cancellation to the person whose
registration is cancelled, by mail to the address listed in the voter&#8217;s
registration record and by email to the email address provided on the
voter&#8217;s registration application, if one was provided.

C. The general registrar shall mail notice promptly to all persons known by him
not to be United States citizens by reason of a report from the Department of
Motor Vehicles pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-410.1 or from the Department of Elections
based on information received from the Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) pursuant to subsection E of &#xA7; 24.2-404
prior to cancelling their registrations. The notice shall inform the person of
the report from the Department of Motor Vehicles or from the Department of
Elections and allow the person to submit his sworn statement that he is a United
States citizen within 14 days of the date that the notice was mailed. The
general registrar shall cancel the registrations of such persons who do not
respond within 14 days to the notice that they have been reported not to be
United States citizens.

D. The general registrar shall (i) process the Department&#8217;s most recent
list of persons convicted of felonies within 21 to 14 days before any primary or
general election, (ii) cancel the registration of any registered voter shown to
have been convicted of a felony who has not provided evidence that his right to
vote has been restored, and (iii) send prompt notice to the person of the
cancellation of his registration. If it appears that any registered voter has
made a false statement on his registration application with respect to his
having been convicted of a felony, the general registrar shall report the fact
to the attorney for the Commonwealth for prosecution under &#xA7; 24.2-1016 for
a false statement made on his registration application.

E. The general registrar may cancel the registration of any person for whom a
notice has been submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with
the Driver License Compact set out in Article 18 (&#xA7; 46.2-483 et seq.) of
Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 and forwarded to the general registrar, that the voter
has moved from the Commonwealth; provided that the registrar shall mail notice
of such cancellation to the person at both his new address, as reported to the
Department of Motor Vehicles, and the address at which he had most recently been
registered in Virginia. No general registrar may cancel registrations under this
authority while the registration records are closed pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-416.
No registrar may cancel the registration under this authority of any person
entitled to register under the provisions of subsection A of &#xA7; 24.2-420.1,
and shall reinstate the registration of any otherwise qualified voter covered by
subsection A of &#xA7; 24.2-420.1 who applies to vote within four years of the
date of cancellation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-59, 24-60, 24-60.1, 24-71 through 24-73, 24-90,
24-93, 24-94, 24-101, 24-111; 1958, c. 576; 1962, cc. 422, 536; 1970, c. 462, §
24.1-46(12); 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1976, c. 616; 1979, c.
329; 1980, c. 639; 1982, c. 650; 1983, c. 398; 1984, c. 480; 1986, c. 558; 1990,
c. 193; 1993, c. 641; 1996, cc. 72, 73; 1997, cc. 801, 805; 1999, c. 851; 2000,
c. 857; 2001, c. 634; 2002, cc. 785, 819; 2006, cc. 926, 940; 2007, c. 318;
2008, c. 382; 2012, c. 686; 2013, c. 686; 2015, c. 740; 2022, cc. 4, 28, 318.