§ 24.2-512 Primaries to be conducted in accordance with article.
§ 24.2-513 Provisions as to general elections applicable.
§ 24.2-514 To what nominations this article applies.
§ 24.2-515 Presidential election year primaries.
§ 24.2-515.1 Schedule for primaries in the year 2001 and each tenth year thereafter.
§ 24.2-516 Party to furnish names of chairmen and notify State Board of adoption of direct primary.
§ 24.2-517 State Board to order election.
§ 24.2-518 County and city treasurers to pay primary expenses; certain uses of machinery by party.
§ 24.2-519 Qualification of primary candidates.
§ 24.2-520 Declaration of candidacy required.
§ 24.2-521 Petition required to accompany declaration; number of signatures required.
§ 24.2-522 When and to whom filings to be made.
§ 24.2-523 Candidates to pay fee before filing.
§ 24.2-524 To whom fees paid; refund of fees.
§ 24.2-525 Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.
§ 24.2-526 Primary not to be held when less than two candidates declare.
§ 24.2-527 Chairman or official to furnish State Board and general registrars with names of candidates and certify petition signature requirements met.
§ 24.2-528 No primary candidate to be nominated by convention.
§ 24.2-529 Primary ballots.
§ 24.2-530 Who may vote in primary.
§ 24.2-531 Pollbooks used during primaries.
§ 24.2-532 Abstracts of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded.
§ 24.2-533 Repealed.
§ 24.2-534 Returns tabulated by State Board; when nominee declared.
§ 24.2-535 Vote required to nominate.
§ 24.2-536 Procedure when a vacancy in office occurs less than 75 days before primary date.
§ 24.2-537 Procedure when nominee by default dies or withdraws or nomination is set aside prior to primary.
§ 24.2-538 Procedure when opposed candidate for nomination dies prior to primary.
§ 24.2-538.1 (Effective January 1, 2025) Procedure when pre-election withdrawal of candidacy results in unopposed primary.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 24.2 > Chapter 5 > Article 4 - Conduct of Primaries.

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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
  • local electoral board: means a board appointed pursuant to § Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • political party: means an organization of citizens of the Commonwealth which, at either of the two preceding statewide general elections, received at least 10 percent of the total vote cast for any statewide office filled in that election. 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
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Special election: means any election that is held pursuant to law to fill a vacancy in office or to hold a referendum. See Virginia Code 24.2-101
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of 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 1-245
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • 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