The registration application of the following persons may accompany an application for an absentee ballot and shall be on a form prescribed by the State Board, on a federal postcard application, or on a federal write-in absentee ballot:
1. Any member of a uniformed service, as defined in § 24.2-452, who is on active duty;
2. Any spouse or dependent residing with a person listed in subdivision 1; and
3. Any person temporarily residing outside the United States.
The registration application from a person listed in subdivisions 1 and 2 may be accepted notwithstanding the provisions of § 24.2-416 if they are eligible to be registered and if, by reason of active duty, they are normally absent from the city or county in which they reside.
Code 1950, § 24-68; 1952, c. 341; 1958, c. 576; 1960, c. 288; 1962, c. 536; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-48; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 205; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428; 1977, c. 490; 1980, c. 639; 1989, c. 138; 1992, c. 433; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 296; 2002, cc. 785, 819; 2004, c. 410; 2012, c. 353.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 4 - Voter Registration
§ 24.2-400. Persons entitled to register and vote
§ 24.2-401. Persons moving from precinct
§ 24.2-402. Persons moving from Commonwealth fewer than thirty days before presidential election
§ 24.2-403. Persons under 18 years of age
§ 24.2-403.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Preregistration of persons 16 years of age or older
§ 24.2-404. (Effective until October 1, 2022) Duties of Department of Elections
§ 24.2-404. (Effective October 1, 2022) Duties of Department of Elections
§ 24.2-404.3. Duty of Department of Elections; verification of registered voter lists
§ 24.2-404.4. Exchange of registered voter lists with other states
§ 24.2-405. Lists of registered voters
§ 24.2-406. Lists of persons voting at elections
§ 24.2-407. Statement for persons receiving lists of persons registered or voting; penalties
§ 24.2-407.1. Prohibition on disclosure of social security numbers or parts thereof
§ 24.2-410. Clerks of circuit courts to furnish lists of certain adjudications
§ 24.2-410.1. Citizenship status; Department of Motor Vehicles to furnish lists of noncitizens
§ 24.2-410.2. Security of the Virginia voter registration system
§ 24.2-411. Office of the general registrar
§ 24.2-411.2. State-designated voter registration agencies
§ 24.2-411.3. Registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers
§ 24.2-412. Other locations and times for voter registration
§ 24.2-413. Accessible registration locations
§ 24.2-414. Final registration day
§ 24.2-414.1. Closing time of registration sites on final day
§ 24.2-415. Notice of times and locations for registration
§ 24.2-415.1. Persons authorized to receive voter registration applications
§ 24.2-416. Closing registration records before elections
§ 24.2-416.1. Voter registration by mail
§ 24.2-416.2. Mail voter registration application forms
§ 24.2-416.3. Distribution of mail voter registration application forms
§ 24.2-416.4. Return of mail voter registration applications
§ 24.2-416.5. Social security number or parts thereof not to be disclosed
§ 24.2-416.7. Application for voter registration by electronic means
§ 24.2-417. Persons to be registered
§ 24.2-417.1. Registration residence requirements; presumptions in certain cases
§ 24.2-418. Application for registration
§ 24.2-418.1. Receipt for voter registration applicants
§ 24.2-419. Extended time for certain persons to register by mail
§ 24.2-420.1. (Effective October 1, 2022) Extended time for persons to register in person
§ 24.2-422. Appeal of person denied registration
§ 24.2-423. Notice of change of name of registered voter
§ 24.2-424. Change of registered voter's address within the Commonwealth; pilot project
§ 24.2-428.1. Other procedures for assigning registered voters to inactive status
§ 24.2-428.2. Return of registered voter to active status
§ 24.2-430. Appeal from decision of registrar
§ 24.2-431. Petition to court objecting to registration
§ 24.2-432. Notice to person objected to and decision of court
§ 24.2-433. Appeal from decision of court
§ 24.2-434. Presumption if petition not brought within six months of registration
§ 24.2-435. Cancellation records to be retained for specified periods
§ 24.2-445. Registration records controlling in event of conflict
§ 24.2-446. Reconstruction of destroyed registration records