                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BALLOTS CAST AFTER NORMAL CLOSE OF POLLING HOURS DUE TO COURT-ORDERED EXTENSION;
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS (§ 24.2-653.2)

Whenever the polling hours are extended by an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, any ballots marked after the normal polling hours by persons who
were not already in line at the time the polls would have closed,
notwithstanding the court order, shall be treated as provisional ballots under
this section. The officers of election shall mark the green envelope for each
such provisional ballot to indicate that it was cast after normal polling hours
due to the court order, and when preparing the materials to deliver to the
registrar or electoral board, shall separate these provisional ballots from any
provisional ballots used for any other reason. The electoral board shall treat
these provisional ballots as provided in § 24.2-653.01; however, the counted
and uncounted provisional ballots marked after the normal polling hours shall be
kept separate from all other ballots and recorded in a separate provisional
ballots pollbook. The Department of Elections shall provide instructions to the
electoral boards for the handling and counting of such provisional ballots
pursuant to this section.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 735.