                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WRITE-IN VOTES ON VOTING EQUIPMENT (§ 24.2-648)

Write-in votes may be cast on voting equipment for any person whose name does
not appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office being voted, subject to
this section and the provisions of § 24.2-644 not in conflict with this
section.
		Each write-in vote shall be entered in the receptacle or area designated on
the machine for the office being elected. A write-in vote shall be cast in its
appropriate place, in accordance with the instructions for that equipment, or it
shall be void and not counted.
		Except on machines that provide a means to enter a name electronically, each
write-in vote shall be entered by the voter in his own handwriting or hand
printing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-307; 1962, c. 260; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-217; 1975, c.
515; 1985, c. 458; 1990, c. 214; 1993, c. 641; 1996, c. 5; 2014, cc. 540, 576.