                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST QUALIFIED PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN EXERCISING RIGHT
TO VOTE PROHIBITED (§ 51.5-43)

No person with a disability who is otherwise entitled to vote under the
provisions of § 24.2-400 and who is not disqualified from voting under the
provisions of § 24.2-101 shall be denied the opportunity to register or vote in
this Commonwealth because of such disability. However, nothing in this section
shall be construed to require the release of patients from any state hospital as
defined in § 37.2-100 or prisoners of any state correctional facility as
defined in § 53.1-1 for purposes of registering to vote or voting.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 421, § 51.01-43.