Any person who is eligible for a military-overseas ballot as defined in § 24.2-452 may file a single application to receive ballots for all elections in which he is eligible to vote absentee. The application shall be on a federal postcard application. An application from any person who is already registered or who is eligible for late registration under § 24.2-419 that is received by the general registrar no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh day prior to the election shall be considered a standing request for absentee ballots through December 31 of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the voter specifies. In the event that a second or subsequent federal postcard application is received from a voter, any previous applications shall be superseded and the duration of the most recently received application shall apply.
The general registrar shall retain the application and process the applicant's request for an absentee ballot for each election in accordance with procedures established by the State Board. The applicant shall specify by party designation the primary ballots he is requesting.
If an official reply to the application or an absentee ballot sent to the applicant is returned as undeliverable, no other ballots shall be sent. No ballot shall be sent to the applicant, and no voted ballot received from the applicant shall be valid, (i) for any election held after the voter has notified the registrar that the voter no longer wishes to be registered or (ii) after the registrar has received notification that the voter has registered to vote in another state.
1991, c. 603, § 24.1-228.1:1; 1993, c. 641; 2001, c. 793; 2004, c. 410; 2006, c. 438; 2010, cc. 449, 645; 2011, cc. 427, 458; 2012, c. 353; 2020, c. 289.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 24.2-700. Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot
§ 24.2-701. Application for absentee ballot
§ 24.2-701.1. Absentee voting in person
§ 24.2-701.2. Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices
§ 24.2-702.1. Federal write-in absentee ballots
§ 24.2-703.1. Permanent absentee voter list
§ 24.2-703.2. Replacement absentee ballots for certain disabled or ill voters; penalty
§ 24.2-704. Applications and ballots for persons requiring assistance in voting; penalty
§ 24.2-705. Emergency applications and absentee ballots for individual emergencies
§ 24.2-706. Duty of general registrar on receipt of application; statement of voter
§ 24.2-707. How ballots marked and returned
§ 24.2-707.1. Drop-off locations for return of absentee ballots
§ 24.2-709. Ballot to be returned in manner prescribed by law
§ 24.2-709.1. Processing returned absentee ballots before election day; cure process
§ 24.2-710. Absentee voter applicant lists
§ 24.2-711. Duties of electoral board, general registrar, and officers of election
§ 24.2-711.1. Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt; notice of reason for rejection
§ 24.2-712. Central absentee voter precincts; counting ballots
§ 24.2-713. Emergency authority of the Commissioner of Elections