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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355929</law_id><section_number>24.2-609</section_number><catch_line>Voting booths</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="64" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="6">The Election</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions; Polling Places</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> or <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> shall provide at each <span class="dictionary">polling place</span> in the county or city one or more voting booths. At least one booth shall be an enclosure which permits the voter to vote by <span class="dictionary">printed ballot</span> in secret and is equipped with a writing surface, operative writing implements, and adequate lighting. Enclosures for voting equipment shall provide for voting in secret and be adequately lighted. &#x201C;Voting booth&#x201D; includes enclosures for voting <span class="dictionary">printed ballots</span> and for voting equipment.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-185, 24-302; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-100, 24.1-212; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641; 2014, cc. 540, 576; 2016, cc. 18, 492.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Miller v. Cunningham</name><case_number>Civil Action 3:05CV266-HEH</case_number><citation>564 F. Supp. 2d 555</citation><date>2008-06-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2422684/miller-v-cunningham/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 564 F.Supp.2d 555 (2008) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
