                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DETERMINATION BY LOT IN CASE OF TIE (§ 24.2-674)

If, prior to a recount, two or more persons have an equal number of votes for
any county, city, town, or district office, and a higher number than any other
person, the electoral board shall proceed publicly to determine by lot which of
the candidates shall be declared elected.
		If, prior to a recount, any two or more persons have an equal number of votes
and a higher number than any other person for member of the General Assembly or
of the Congress of the United States, or if any two or more persons have an
equal number of votes and a higher number than any other person for elector of
President and Vice President of the United States, the State Board of Elections
shall proceed publicly to determine by lot which of them shall be declared
elected. Reasonable notice shall be given to such candidates of the time when
such elections shall be so determined; and if they, or either of them, shall
fail to appear in accordance with such notice, the Board shall proceed so as to
determine the election in their absence.
		Any person who loses the determination by lot may petition for a recount
pursuant to Article 1 (§ 24.2-800 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of this title.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-277, 24-290; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-149; 1993, c.
641; 2020, c. 500.