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§ 24.2-700 Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot

Overview of Statute

This section lists eleven categories of persons who qualify to vote by absentee ballot.

Statute

Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in any election in which he is qualified to vote.

Code 1950, § 24-319; 1952, c. 488; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-227; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1988, c. 6; 1989, c. 320; 1993, cc. 414, 641; 1995, c. 157; 1998, c. 254; 2000, c. 378; 2001, c. 631; 2002, cc. 785819; 2008, cc. 425880; 2009, cc. 405873; 2010, c. 244; 2012, c. 353; 2017, c. 631; 2019, cc. 668669; 2020, cc. 561114911511201.

Annotation: 03/10/2016 11:32 pm

One author has compared Virginia’s excused based absentee regime to the Sunday Blue Laws. James Alcorn, Recent Developments in Absentee Voting, 12 Rich. J.L. & Pub. Int. 283 (2009).
Available at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolpi/vol12/iss4/4

Definition [Registered voter]

Any person who is maintained on the Virginia voter registration system. All registered voters shall be maintained on the Virginia voter registration system with active status unless assigned to inactive status by a general registrar in accordance with Chapter 4 (§ 24.2-400 et seq.). For purposes of applying the precinct size requirements of § 24.2-307, calculating election machine requirements pursuant to Article 3 (§ 24.2-625 et seq.) of Chapter 6, mailing notices of local election district, precinct or polling place changes as required by subdivision 13 of § 24.2-114 and § 24.2-306, and determining the number of signatures required for candidate and voter petitions, “registered voter” shall include only persons maintained on the Virginia voter registration system with active status. For purposes of determining if a signature on a petition shall be included in the count toward meeting the signature requirements of any petition, “registered voter” shall include only persons maintained on the Virginia voter registration system (i) with active status and (ii) on inactive status who are qualified to vote for the office for which the petition was circulated.

See § 24.2-101.

Definition [Election]

A general, primary, or special election.

See § 24.2-101.

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