                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VOTER FOLDS PAPER BALLOT AND HANDS SAME TO OFFICER WHO DEPOSITS IT UNOPENED IN
BALLOT CONTAINER (§ 24.2-646)

The qualified voter shall fold each paper ballot with the names of the
candidates and questions on the inside and hand the folded ballot to the
appropriate officer of election. The officer shall place the ballot in the
ballot container without any inspection except to assure himself that only a
single ballot has been tendered and that the ballot is a genuine ballot. Without
looking at the printed inside of the ballot, the officer may inspect the
official seal on the back of the ballot to determine if it is genuine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-247; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-131; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c.
1015; 2014, cc. 540, 576.