Code of Virginia
Chapter 6 - The Election
§ 24.2-605. Loudspeakers prohibited at polls; penalty

Notwithstanding any contrary statute or ordinance of a county, city, or town, except for school purposes or in an emergency, no loudspeaker shall be used within 300 feet of a polling place on an election day. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
1976, c. 616, § 24.1-96.1; 1993, c. 641.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 24.2 - Elections

Chapter 6 - The Election

§ 24.2-600. Cost of elections

§ 24.2-601. Town election process

§ 24.2-602. Exemption for ballots and election materials from certain purchasing and procurement requirements

§ 24.2-603. Hours polls to be open; closing the polls

§ 24.2-603.1. Postponement of certain elections; state of emergency

§ 24.2-604. Polling places; prohibited activities; prohibited area; penalties

§ 24.2-604.1. Signs for special entrances to polling places

§ 24.2-604.2. Polling places; prohibited area; emergency situations

§ 24.2-604.3. Election day page program; high school students

§ 24.2-604.4. Polling places; authorized representatives of party or candidate; prohibited activities

§ 24.2-604.5. Polling places; presence of additional persons authorized

§ 24.2-604.6. Polling places; simulated election activities

§ 24.2-605. Loudspeakers prohibited at polls; penalty

§ 24.2-606. Preservation of order at elections

§ 24.2-607. Prohibited conduct; intimidation of voters; disturbance of election; how prevented; penalties

§ 24.2-608. Officers to decide order of voting

§ 24.2-609. Voting booths

§ 24.2-610. Materials at polling places

§ 24.2-611. Form and signing of pollbooks; records of persons voting; electronic pollbooks

§ 24.2-612. List of offices and candidates filed with Department of Elections and checked for accuracy; when ballots printed; number required

§ 24.2-612.1. Ballots; death, withdrawal, or disqualification of candidates

§ 24.2-612.2. Notice of withdrawal of candidates

§ 24.2-613. Form of ballot

§ 24.2-614. Preparation and form of presidential election ballots

§ 24.2-615. Separate questions for proposed constitutional amendments, etc.; uniform ballots

§ 24.2-616. Duties of printer; statement; penalty

§ 24.2-617. Representative of electoral board or general registrar to be present at printing; custody of ballots; electoral board or general registrar may disclose contents, style, and size

§ 24.2-618. Delivery of ballots to electoral board or general registrar; checking and recording number

§ 24.2-619. Sealing ballots

§ 24.2-620. Dividing ballots into packages for each precinct; delivery of absentee ballots

§ 24.2-621. Delivery of packages to officers; opening packages

§ 24.2-622. Unofficial sample ballots

§ 24.2-623. Ballot containers to be supplied by governing bodies; construction and custody

§ 24.2-624. Opening and closing ballot containers; opening polls

§ 24.2-625. Application of Title 24.2 and general law

§ 24.2-625.1. Voting equipment security

§ 24.2-625.2. Wireless communications at polling places

§ 24.2-626. Governing bodies shall acquire electronic voting systems

§ 24.2-626.1. Acquisition and use of accessible voting devices

§ 24.2-627. Electronic voting systems; number required

§ 24.2-628. Repealed

§ 24.2-629. State Board approval process of electronic voting systems

§ 24.2-630. Experimental use of approved systems

§ 24.2-631. Experimental use of voting systems and ballots prior to approval of the system

§ 24.2-632. Voting equipment custodians

§ 24.2-633. Notice of final testing of voting system; sealing equipment

§ 24.2-634. Locking and securing after preparation

§ 24.2-635. Demonstration of equipment

§ 24.2-636. Instruction as to use of equipment

§ 24.2-637. Furniture and equipment to be at polling places

§ 24.2-638. Voting equipment to be in plain view; officers and others not permitted to see actual voting; unlocking counter compartment of equipment, etc.

§ 24.2-639. Duties of officers of election

§ 24.2-640. Repealed

§ 24.2-641. Sample ballot

§ 24.2-642. Inoperative equipment

§ 24.2-643. Qualified voter permitted to vote; procedures at polling place; voter identification

§ 24.2-644. Voting by paper ballot; voting for presidential electors; write-in votes

§ 24.2-645. Defaced printed ballots

§ 24.2-646. Voter folds paper ballot and hands same to officer who deposits it unopened in ballot container

§ 24.2-646.1. Permitted use of paper ballots

§ 24.2-647. Voting systems; demonstration on election day

§ 24.2-648. Write-in votes on voting equipment

§ 24.2-649. Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties

§ 24.2-649.1. Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place

§ 24.2-650. Officers to sign only official papers, etc.

§ 24.2-651. Voter who is challenged; how challenge tried

§ 24.2-651.1. Voter who is shown as having already voted; provisional ballots

§ 24.2-652. Voter whose name erroneously omitted from pollbook; provisional ballots

§ 24.2-653. Provisional voting; procedures in polling place

§ 24.2-653.01. Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity

§ 24.2-653.1. Voters who did not receive absentee ballots; provisional ballots

§ 24.2-653.2. Ballots cast after normal close of polling hours due to court-ordered extension; provisional ballots

§ 24.2-653.3. Voters assigned to split precinct; provisional ballots

§ 24.2-654. Officers to lock and seal voting equipment and ascertain vote after polls closed; statement of results

§ 24.2-655. Representatives of political parties and candidates to be present on request

§ 24.2-656. Repealed

§ 24.2-657. Determination of vote on voting systems

§ 24.2-658. Machines with printed return sheets; disposition of sheets

§ 24.2-659. Locking voting systems after election and delivering keys to clerk; printed returns as evidence

§ 24.2-660. Repealed

§ 24.2-661. Detection and setting aside of double ballots

§ 24.2-662. Procedure when paper ballots exceed names on pollbooks

§ 24.2-663. When ballot void

§ 24.2-664. Reduction in number of ballots

§ 24.2-665. How paper ballots counted

§ 24.2-666. Procedures to account for paper ballots

§ 24.2-667. Completion of statement of results

§ 24.2-667.1. Reporting of results; absentee votes

§ 24.2-668. Pollbooks, statements of results, and ballots to be sealed and delivered to clerk or general registrar

§ 24.2-669. Clerk to keep ballots; inspection; destruction

§ 24.2-670. Clerk to send for books and ballots if not delivered by officers

§ 24.2-671. Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results

§ 24.2-671.1. Repealed

§ 24.2-671.2. Risk-limiting audits

§ 24.2-672. Electoral board to correct irregularities in returns of officers of election

§ 24.2-673. Candidates having highest number of votes to receive certificate of election

§ 24.2-673.1. (Expires July 1, 2031) Ranked choice voting

§ 24.2-674. Determination by lot in case of tie

§ 24.2-675. Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks

§ 24.2-676. Secretary to make out and deliver certificate of election

§ 24.2-677. State Board to open and record returns; application of Freedom of Information Act

§ 24.2-678. Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded

§ 24.2-679. State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes

§ 24.2-680. Certificates of election

§ 24.2-681. How special elections superintended and determined

§ 24.2-682. Times for special elections

§ 24.2-683. Writ for special election to fill a vacancy

§ 24.2-684. How referendum elections called and held, and the results ascertained and certified

§ 24.2-684.1. Requirements for voter petitions to call for referendum elections

§ 24.2-685. Special elections; request for abolition of constitutional offices

§ 24.2-686. Special elections; petition and referendum requirements; abolition of constitutional office by change in form of government

§ 24.2-687. Authorization for distribution of information on referendum elections