                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WITH WHOM CANDIDATES FILE REPORTS; ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENT (§ 24.2-947.5)

A. Candidates for statewide office and for the General Assembly shall file the
reports required by this article by computer or electronic means in accordance
with the standards approved by the State Board.

B. Candidates for local or constitutional office in any locality shall file
reports required by this article with the State Board by computer or electronic
means in accordance with the standards approved by the State Board and shall not
be required to file reports with the general registrar of the locality in which
the candidate resides.

C. Except as provided in &#xA7; 24.2-948.1, candidates for any other office who
file reports in nonelectronic format shall file with the general registrar of
the locality in which the candidate resides.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C, a former candidate who is no
longer seeking election but has not yet filed a final report as required by
&#xA7; 24.2-948.4 and who files reports in nonelectronic format shall file with
the general registrar of the locality in which he sought office.

E. Any report that may be filed with the State Board by mail shall be (i)
received by the State Board by the deadline for filing the report or (ii)
transmitted to the State Board by telephonic transmission to a facsimile device
by the deadline for filing the report with an original copy of the report mailed
to the State Board and postmarked by the deadline for filing the report.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-253, 24.1-254; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 222; 1972,
cc. 620, 622; 1975, c. 515; 1978, c. 778; 1983, c. 119; 1984, c. 480; 1986, c.
558, § 24.1-257.2; 1988, c. 734; 1991, c. 709; 1993, c. 641, §§ 24.2-904,
24.2-915; 1996, c. 405; 2000, cc. 304, 511, 555; 2001, cc. 618, 794, 810; 2002,
c. 468; 2003, c. 248; 2004, cc. 441, 480; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, cc. 151,
286; 2015, cc. 644, 645; 2018, cc. 538, 683; 2020, c. 769.