Virginia § 24.2-460 - Transmission of unvoted ballots
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 24.2-460 — Transmission of unvoted ballots, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
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.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 24.2-460 ("Transmission of unvoted ballots") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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