A. Notwithstanding any charter or special act to the contrary, the following provisions govern the times for holding special elections. Every special election shall be held on a Tuesday. No special election shall be held within the 55 days prior to a general or primary election. No special election shall be held on the same day as a primary election. A special election may be held on the same day as a general election.
B. A referendum election shall be ordered at least 81 days prior to the date for which the referendum election is called.
C. A special election to fill a vacancy in any constitutional office shall be held promptly and in accordance with the requirements of subsection A.
Code 1950, §§ 24-44, 24-136, 24-137, 24-138, 24-139, 24-141, 24-346; 1956, c. 378; 1966, c. 115; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-1(5)(c), 24.1-163, 24.1-165; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1977, c. 30; 1978, cc. 258, 304, 778; 1979, c. 37; 1980, c. 639; 1981, c. 367; 1982, cc. 498, 650; 1983, c. 461; 1989, c. 322; 1991, c. 592; 1991, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 12; 1993, c. 641; 2000, cc. 787, 1070; 2008, cc. 107, 385; 2010, cc. 431, 542.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 24.2-601. Town election process
§ 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
§ 24.2-604.5. 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
§ 24.2-608. Officers to decide order of voting
§ 24.2-610. Materials at polling places
§ 24.2-611. Form and signing of pollbooks; records of persons voting; electronic pollbooks
§ 24.2-612.1. Ballots; death, withdrawal, or disqualification of candidates
§ 24.2-612.2. Notice of withdrawal of candidates
§ 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
§ 24.2-620. 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
§ 24.2-629. 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
§ 24.2-639. Duties of officers of election
§ 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
§ 24.2-646.1. 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
§ 24.2-653.3. Voters assigned to split precinct; provisional ballots
§ 24.2-655. Representatives of political parties and candidates to be present on request
§ 24.2-657. Determination of vote on voting systems
§ 24.2-658. Machines with printed return sheets; disposition of sheets
§ 24.2-661. Detection and setting aside of double ballots
§ 24.2-662. Procedure when paper ballots exceed names on pollbooks
§ 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
§ 24.2-669. 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
§ 24.2-671.2. 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
§ 24.2-687. Authorization for distribution of information on referendum elections