24.2-309 - Establishment of precinct with less than minimum number of voters; conduct of elections where all voters do not have same choice of candidates.

VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

24.2-309 - Establishment of precinct with less than minimum number of voters; conduct of elections where all voters do not have same choice of candidates.

§ 24.2-309. Establishment of precinct with less than minimum number ofvoters; conduct of elections where all voters do not have same choice ofcandidates.

A precinct may be established with fewer than the minimum number ofregistered voters required by this article if a larger precinct cannot beestablished in which all persons are voting at any general election for thesame candidates for the governing body and school board of the county orcity, House of Delegates, state Senate, and United States House ofRepresentatives. The governing body may select a polling place within onemile of the boundaries of that precinct if a suitable polling place is notavailable within that precinct.

The State Board shall make regulations setting procedures by which electionsmay be conducted in precincts in which all voters do not have the same choiceof candidates at a general election.

(1971, Ex. Sess., c. 264, § 24.1-40; 1993, c. 641.)