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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 353<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":355860,"section_number":"24.2-466","catch_line":"Sending and updating notices","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-466\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":355848,"section_number":"24.2-454","catch_line":"Elections covered","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-454\/"},{"id":356038,"section_number":"24.2-706","catch_line":"Duty of general registrar on receipt of application; statement of voter","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-706\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1415145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355854,"identifier":"24.2-460","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-460","url":"\/24.2-460\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-460\/","token":"24.2\/4.1\/24.2-460","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transmission of unvoted ballots","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-460","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For an election<\/span> described in § 24.2-454<\/a> for which this state<\/span> has not received a waiver<\/span> pursuant to § 579 of the Military and Overseas Voter<\/span> Empowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 days before the election<\/span>, the election<\/span> official in each jurisdiction<\/span> charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials<\/span> shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials<\/span> to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot application. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A covered voter may request that a ballot and balloting materials<\/span> be sent to the voter as authorized in § 24.2-706<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction<\/span> begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials<\/span> to voters, the official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials<\/span> shall transmit them to the voter not later than three business days after the application arrives. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSMISSION OF UNVOTED BALLOTS (\u00a7 24.2-460)\n\nA. For an election described in § 24.2-454 for which this state has not\nreceived a waiver pursuant to § 579 of the Military and Overseas Voter\nEmpowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 days before the\nelection, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a\nballot and balloting materials shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials\nto all covered voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot\napplication.\n\nB. A covered voter may request that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to\nthe voter as authorized in § 24.2-706.\n\nC. If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction\nbegins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official\ncharged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit them\nto the voter not later than three business days after the application arrives.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 353.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}