Code of Virginia
Chapter 3 - Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places
§ 24.2-306. Changes not to be enacted within 60 days of general election; notice requirements

A. No change in any local election district, precinct, or polling place shall be enacted within 60 days next preceding any general election. Notice shall be published prior to enactment in a newspaper having general circulation in the election district or precinct once a week for two successive weeks. The published notice shall state where descriptions and maps of proposed boundary and polling place changes may be inspected.
B. Notice of any adopted change in any election district, town, precinct, or polling place other than in the location of the office of the general registrar shall be mailed to all registered voters whose election district, town, precinct, or polling place is changed at least 15 days prior to the next general, special, or primary election in which the voters will be voting in the changed election district, town, precinct, or polling place. Notice of a change in the location of the office of the general registrar shall be given by posting on the official website of the county or city, by posting at not less than 10 public places, or by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city within not more than 21 days in advance of the change or within seven days following the change.
C. Each county, city, and town shall comply with the applicable requirements of law, including §§ 24.2-304.3 and 30-395, and send copies of enacted changes, including a Geographic Information System (GIS) map showing the new boundaries of the districts or precincts, to the local electoral board, the Department, and the Division of Legislative Services. Any county, city, or town that does not have GIS capabilities may request the Department of Elections to create on its behalf a GIS map showing the boundaries of the new districts or precincts, and the Department of Elections shall create such a map.
Code 1950, §§ 24-49 through 24-51; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-39; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 249; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, c. 1000; 2012, cc. 328, 486; 2019, cc. 777, 778; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 24.2 - Elections

Chapter 3 - Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places

§ 24.2-300. Repealed

§ 24.2-302. Repealed

§ 24.2-302.1. Repealed

§ 24.2-302.2. Congressional districts

§ 24.2-303. Repealed

§ 24.2-303.1. Repealed

§ 24.2-303.3. Senate districts

§ 24.2-304. Repealed

§ 24.2-304.01. Repealed

§ 24.2-304.03. House of Delegates districts

§ 24.2-304.04. Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts

§ 24.2-304.1. At-large and district elections; reapportionment and redistricting of districts or wards; limits

§ 24.2-304.2. Governing body authorized to expend funds for reapportionment

§ 24.2-304.3. Recording reapportionment ordinance; notice requirements

§ 24.2-304.4. Mandamus action for failure to reapportion districts or wards

§ 24.2-304.5. Notification of certain civil actions

§ 24.2-304.6. Effect of reapportionment on appointments and terms of local officers, school board and planning commission members

§ 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

§ 24.2-311. Effective date of decennial redistricting measures; elections following decennial redistricting

§ 24.2-312. Effective date of other redistricting measures; elections following annexation

§ 24.2-313. Rescheduling of certain local elections following the decennial redistricting of districts for the governing body

§ 24.2-314. Population data; reallocation of prison populations