                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VOTERS ASSIGNED TO SPLIT PRECINCT; PROVISIONAL BALLOTS (§ 24.2-653.3)

A. Any voter who is assigned to a precinct that is split between two or more
election districts and believes he was given a ballot for the district of which
he is not a qualified voter may request, prior to casting the ballot, and shall
be permitted to cast a provisional ballot for the district of which he believes
he is a qualified voter and for the district in which the pollbook indicates he
is registered. The provisional ballots shall be cast in accordance with the
provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-653, except that the voter shall be given a printed
ballot for the district of which he believes he is a qualified voter and for the
district in which the pollbook indicates he is registered, and an envelope for
each ballot, which shall be labeled with the corresponding district number.
After marking each printed ballot, the voter shall seal each ballot in its
corresponding envelope, and the ballot envelopes shall then be sealed in the
green envelope provided for in &#xA7; 24.2-653.

B. At the meeting of the electoral board to determine the validity of all
provisional ballots offered in the election, the electoral board shall verify in
which district a voter who voted provisionally pursuant to this section is a
qualified voter, and the provisional ballot cast by the voter for that district
shall be counted. The electoral board shall process the ballot in accordance
with the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-653.01 and the instructions of the State
Board.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 920, § 24.2-653.2.