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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355940</law_id><section_number>24.2-618</section_number><catch_line>Delivery of ballots to electoral board or general registrar; checking and recording number</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="2" identifier="2">Ballots</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A member of the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> or the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>, or an employee of the board or <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span> designated by the <span class="dictionary">electoral board</span> or the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>, shall receive the ballots after they are printed and shall certify the number of ballots received. This certificate shall be filed with other <span class="dictionary">materials</span> for the <span class="dictionary">election</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-223, 24-224; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-116; 1993, c. 641; 1997, c. 460; 2016, cc. 18, 492.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
