Conduct of Election; Election Results

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Conduct of Election; Election Results.” It is part of Chapter 6 “The Election”, which is part of Title 24.2 “Elections”. It contains 49 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 49 sections.

§ 24.2-643	Qualified voter permitted to vote; procedures at polling place; voter identification
§ 24.2-644	Voting by paper ballot; voting for presidential electors; write-in votes
§ 24.2-645	Defaced printed ballots
§ 24.2-646	Voter folds paper ballot and hands same to officer who deposits it unopened in ballot container
§ 24.2-646.1	Permitted use of paper ballots
§ 24.2-647	Voting systems; demonstration on election day
§ 24.2-648	Write-in votes on voting equipment
§ 24.2-649	Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties
§ 24.2-649.1	Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place
§ 24.2-650	Officers to sign only official papers, etc
§ 24.2-651	Voter who is challenged; how challenge tried
§ 24.2-651.1	Voter who is shown as having already voted; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-652	Voter whose name erroneously omitted from pollbook; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-653	Provisional voting; procedures in polling place
§ 24.2-653.01	Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity
§ 24.2-653.1	Voters who did not receive absentee ballots; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-653.2	Ballots cast after normal close of polling hours due to court-ordered extension; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-653.3	Voters assigned to split precinct; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-654	Officers to lock and seal voting equipment and ascertain vote after polls closed; statement of results
§ 24.2-655	Representatives of political parties and candidates to be present on request
§ 24.2-656	Repealed
§ 24.2-657	Determination of vote on voting systems
§ 24.2-658	Machines with printed return sheets; disposition of sheets
§ 24.2-659	Locking voting systems after election and delivering keys to clerk; printed returns as evidence
§ 24.2-660	Repealed
§ 24.2-661	Detection and setting aside of double ballots
§ 24.2-662	Procedure when paper ballots exceed names on pollbooks
§ 24.2-663	When ballot void
§ 24.2-664	Reduction in number of ballots
§ 24.2-665	How paper ballots counted
§ 24.2-666	Procedures to account for paper ballots
§ 24.2-667	Completion of statement of results
§ 24.2-667.1	Reporting of results; absentee and provisional votes
§ 24.2-668	Pollbooks, statements of results, and ballots to be sealed and delivered to clerk or general registrar
§ 24.2-669	Clerk to keep ballots; inspection; destruction
§ 24.2-670	Clerk to send for books and ballots if not delivered by officers
§ 24.2-671	Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results
§ 24.2-671.1	Repealed
§ 24.2-671.2	Risk-limiting audits
§ 24.2-672	Electoral board to correct irregularities in returns of officers of election
§ 24.2-673	Candidates having highest number of votes to receive certificate of election
§ 24.2-673.1	(Expires July 1, 2031) Ranked choice voting
§ 24.2-674	Determination by lot in case of tie
§ 24.2-675	Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks
§ 24.2-676	Secretary to make out and deliver certificate of election
§ 24.2-677	State Board to open and record returns; application of Freedom of Information Act
§ 24.2-678	Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded
§ 24.2-679	State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes
§ 24.2-680	Certificates of election