                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTIES OF GENERAL REGISTRARS AND DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS AS TO VOTER
REGISTRATION RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION; EXCEPTIONS (§ 24.2-444)

A. Registration records shall be kept and preserved by the general registrar in
compliance with &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-3803, 2.2-3808, and 24.2-114. The Department
shall provide to each general registrar, for each precinct in his county or
city, lists of registered voters for inspection. The lists shall contain the
name, address, year of birth, gender and all election districts applicable to
each registered voter. The lists shall be opened to public inspection at the
office of the general registrar when the office is open for business. New lists
shall be provided not less than once each year to all localities except those in
which an updated list is made available electronically for public inspection,
and supplements containing additions, deletions, and changes shall be provided
not less than (i) weekly during the 60 days preceding any general election and
(ii) monthly at other times. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
regarding the retention of records, upon receipt of any new complete list, the
general registrar shall destroy the obsolete list and its supplements. The
Department shall provide to each general registrar lists of persons denied
registration for public inspection. Such lists may be provided electronically
through the Virginia voter registration system and produced in whole or in part
upon a request for public inspection.

B. The general registrars shall maintain for at least two years and shall make
available for public inspection and copying and, where available, photocopying
at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and
activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of
the registration records pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-427, 24.2-428 and
24.2-428.1, including lists of the names and addresses of all persons to whom
notices are sent, and information concerning whether each person has responded
to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records is made.

C. No list provided by the Department under subsection A nor any record made
available for public inspection under subsection B shall contain any of the
following information: (i) an individual&#8217;s social security number, or any
part thereof; (ii) the residence address of an individual who has furnished a
post office box address in lieu of his residence address as authorized by
subsection B of &#xA7; 24.2-418; (iii) the declination by an individual to
register to vote and related records; (iv) the identity of a voter registration
agency through which a particular voter is registered; or (v) the day and month
of birth of an individual. No voter registration records other than the lists
provided by the Department under subsection A and the records made available
under subsection B shall be open to public inspection.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-113; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-56; 1993, c. 641; 1994, c.
656; 1996, cc. 72, 73; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2007, cc. 311, 318;
2008, c. 379; 2009, c. 318; 2012, c. 353; 2015, c. 740.