Qualifications and Requirements of All Candidates

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Qualifications and Requirements of All Candidates.” It is part of Chapter 5 “Candidates for Office”, which is part of Title 24.2 “Elections”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 24.2-500	Qualification of candidates
§ 24.2-501	Statement of qualification as requirement of candidacy
§ 24.2-502	Statement of economic interests as requirement of candidacy
§ 24.2-503	Deadlines for filing required statements; extensions
§ 24.2-503.1	Repealed
§ 24.2-504	Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot