15.2-3604 - How first election ordered and held. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-3604. How first election ordered and held.

An order incorporating a town under this chapter shall order the firstelection of town officers and shall designate the time and place where theelection shall be held in the town. The election shall be at least 90 daysfrom the date of the order and not within 120 days of a general election. Theelectoral board of the county within which the town, or the greater partthereof, is situated shall, not less than 90 days before the election,determine the qualified voters within the town, and the general registrar forthe county shall provide the appropriate notice, in accordance with §24.2-114. At any time the books are not closed pursuant to § 24.2-416, anyperson residing in the town who has not registered shall be entitled toregister and vote in the town if he would have been entitled to register andvote in the county. Five members of council shall be elected and shall serveuntil their successors, elected pursuant to charter provisions, qualify andtake office. The officers of election shall comply with the requirements ofTitle 24.2. If, for any cause no election is held on the day fixed in theorder, the court may, by an order entered in its common-law order book, fixanother day for the election, which shall be held as required by this section.

(Code 1950, § 15-69; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-969; 1980, c. 45; 1997, c. 587;2003, c. 1015.)