§ 24.2-305 Composition of election districts and precincts.
§ 24.2-306 Changes not to be enacted within 60 days of general election; notice requirements.
§ 24.2-307 Requirements for county and city precincts.
§ 24.2-308 Requirements for town precincts.
§ 24.2-309 Establishment of precinct with less than minimum number of voters; conduct of elections where all voters do not have same choice of candidates.
§ 24.2-309.1 Repealed.
§ 24.2-309.2 Election precincts; prohibiting precinct changes for specified period of time.
§ 24.2-310 Requirements for polling places.
§ 24.2-310.1 Polling places; additional requirement.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 24.2 > Chapter 3 > Article 3 - Requirements for Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places.

  • Board: means the State Board of Elections. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Candidate: means a person who seeks or campaigns for an office of the Commonwealth or one of its governmental units in a general, primary, or special election and who is qualified to have his name placed on the ballot for the office. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Department: means the state agency headed by the Commissioner of Elections. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Election: means a general, primary, or special election. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Election district: means the territory designated by proper authority or by law which is represented by an official elected by the people, including the Commonwealth, a congressional district, a General Assembly district, or a district for the election of an official of a county, city, town, or other governmental unit. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • General election: means an election held in the Commonwealth on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November or on the first Tuesday in May for the purpose of filling offices regularly scheduled by law to be filled at those times. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • General registrar: means the person appointed by the electoral board of a county or city pursuant to § Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • local electoral board: means a board appointed pursuant to § Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Polling place: means the structure that contains the one place provided for each precinct at which the qualified voters who are residents of the precinct may vote. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Precinct: means the territory designated by the governing body of a county, city, or town to be served by one polling place. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • primary election: means an election held for the purpose of selecting a candidate to be the nominee of a political party for election to office. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Qualified voter: means a person who is entitled to vote pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia and who is (i) 18 years of age on or before the day of the election or qualified pursuant to § Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255