Virginia Code 24.2-460: Transmission of unvoted ballots
A. For an election described in § 24.2-454 for which this state has not received a waiver pursuant to § 579 of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20302(g)(2), not later than 45 days before the election, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid military-overseas ballot application.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 24.2-460
- Covered voter: means :
a. See Virginia Code 24.2-452
- Election: means a general, primary, or special election. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Military-overseas ballot: means :
a. See Virginia Code 24.2-452
- Overseas voter: means a United States citizen who is outside the United States. See Virginia Code 24.2-452
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Virginia Code 24.2-452
B. A covered voter may request that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter as authorized in § 24.2-706.
C. If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit them to the voter not later than three business days after the application arrives.
2012, c. 353.