                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICERS TO LOCK AND SEAL VOTING EQUIPMENT AND ASCERTAIN VOTE AFTER POLLS
CLOSED; STATEMENT OF RESULTS (§ 24.2-654)

As soon as the polls are closed, the officers of election shall lock each voting
and counting machine against further voting. They shall then proceed to
ascertain the vote given at the election and continue without adjournment until
they declare the results of the election. They shall seal the machines.
		In ascertaining the vote, the officers of election shall complete a statement
of results in duplicate on the form and in the manner prescribed by the State
Board.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-258, 24-259, 24-312; 1966, c. 453; 1970, c. 462,
§§ 24.1-136, 24.1-222; 1974, c. 428; 1979, c. 329; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461;
1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641; 2014, cc. 540, 576.