Code of Virginia
Chapter 6 - The Election
§ 24.2-612.1. Ballots; death, withdrawal, or disqualification of candidates

In the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of any candidate, other than a party nominee, who has qualified to have his name printed on the ballot for any election other than a presidential or primary election, the Department of Elections shall take into account the time available before the election and the status of the ballots for the election and shall have authority to direct the electoral boards on how to proceed to print the ballot without the candidate's name, correct the ballot to delete the candidate's name, or provide notice to voters of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the candidate. If ballots are not corrected to delete the candidate's name, the general registrar shall provide a list of candidates who have withdrawn to be posted in each polling place and to be available to the public. If election information is posted on the official website for the county or city, notice of the candidate's withdrawal shall also be posted on that website.
The Department shall have like authority in the case of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a party nominee subject to the provisions of Article 5 (§ 24.2-539 et seq.) of Chapter 5.
1995, c. 329; 2017, c. 346.

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