                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION DAY PAGE PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (§ 24.2-604.3)

A. The local electoral board, or its general registrar, may conduct a special
election day page program for high school students in one or more polling places
designated by the electoral board or the general registrar, which may include a
central absentee voter precinct. Students shall be selected for the election day
page program by the electoral board or the general registrar in cooperation with
high school authorities. The program shall be designed to stimulate the
pages&#8217; interest in elections and registering to vote, provide assistance
to the officers of election, and ensure the safe entry and exit of elderly and
disabled voters from the polling place.

B. Each page shall receive, from a person designated by the electoral board,
training on the duties, responsibilities, and prohibited conduct of election
pages. Each page shall take and sign an oath as an election page, serve under
the direct supervision of the chief officer of election of his assigned polling
place, and observe strict impartiality at all times.

C. Election pages may observe the electoral process and seek information from
the chief officer of election and may assist in the arrangement of the voting
equipment, furniture, and other materials for the conduct of the election but
shall not enter any voting booth. Election pages may, at the direction and under
the direct supervision of the chief officer of election, assist in the counting
of unmarked ballots but shall not handle or touch ballots in any other
circumstance.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 700; 2020, c. 285.