                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WRIT FOR SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY (§ 24.2-683)

Whenever the Governor, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the
Senate, or either house of the General Assembly orders a special election, he,
or the person designated to act for the house, shall issue a writ of election
designating the office to be filled at the election and the time to hold the
election. He shall transmit the writ to the secretary of the electoral board and
the general registrar of each county or city in which the election is to be
held. Each general registrar shall post a copy of the writ on the official
website for the county or city or at not less than 10 public places or have
notice of the election published once in a newspaper of general circulation in
his jurisdiction at least 10 days before the election. If the special election
is held in more than one county or city, the general registrars may act jointly
to have the notice published once before the election in the affected
jurisdictions.
		Whenever a special election is ordered to fill a vacancy otherwise than under
the preceding paragraph, the officer ordering the election shall issue his writ
of election at the time the vacancy occurs, designating the office to be filled
at the election and the time and place to hold the election. He shall direct and
transmit the writ to the secretary of the electoral board and the general
registrar of each county or city in which the election is to be held. The
general registrar, or general registrars if the election will be held in more
than one county or city, shall proceed to cause public notice to be given of the
election in the same manner as is required in the preceding paragraph.
		A copy of any order calling a special election to fill a vacancy shall be sent
immediately to the State Board.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-138, 24-139; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-163; 1974, c.
428; 1975, c. 515; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 155; 2016, cc. 18, 492.