                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE BOARD TO OPEN AND RECORD RETURNS; APPLICATION OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ACT (§ 24.2-677)

The State Board, on receipt of the certified abstracts of the votes given in the
several counties and cities, shall open the abstracts and record and carefully
preserve them.
		The provisions of Chapter 37 (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title 2.2, the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act, shall not apply to the certified abstracts of the
votes or any other documents used by the Board in ascertaining the results of
any election until the results have been finally determined by the Board.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-283; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-152; 1971, Ex. Sess., c.
206; 1975, c. 515; 1980, c. 639; 1993, c. 641.