                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DETERMINATION OF VOTE ON VOTING SYSTEMS (§ 24.2-657)

In the presence of all persons who may be present lawfully at the time, giving
full view of the voting systems or printed return sheets, the officers of
election shall determine and announce the results as shown by the counters or
printed return sheets, including the votes recorded for each office on the
write-in ballots, and shall also announce the vote on every question. The vote
as registered shall be entered on the statement of results. When completed, the
statement shall be compared with the number on the counters on the equipment or
on the printed return sheets. If, on any ballot scanner, the number of persons
voting in the election, or the number of votes cast for any office or on any
question, totals more than the number of names on the pollbooks of persons
voting on the machines, then the figures recorded by the machines shall be
accepted as correct. A statement to that effect shall be entered by the officers
of election in the space provided on the statement of results.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-312; 1966, c. 453; 1970, c. 462, § 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; 2016, c. 464.