                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DELIVERY OF PACKAGES TO OFFICERS; OPENING PACKAGES (§ 24.2-621)

Before every election the secretary of the electoral board, or another board
member, board employee, or the general or a deputy registrar designated by the
board, shall deliver to an officer of election of each precinct the official
ballots for that precinct and obtain a receipt for the package or packages and a
certificate that the seals are unbroken. If the secretary or other such
designated person is unable to deliver the official ballots, another member of
the board shall deliver the ballots.
		Before opening the polls, the officers of election shall open the sealed
package and carefully count the ballots. If there is more than one package,
additional packages shall be opened as needed and the ballots counted as
provided in this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-230, 24-231; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-120, 24.1-121;
1993, c. 641; 1997, c. 460; 2022, c. 140.