24.2-416.4 - Return of mail voter registration applications. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-416.4. Return of mail voter registration applications.

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 24.2-416, a mail voter registrationapplication returned through the United States Postal Service shall be deemedto have been made as of the date of the postmark affixed to such applicationby the United States Postal Service. If no such postmark is affixed or if thepostmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears nodate, such application shall be deemed to have been timely if receivedthrough the United States mail no later than five days following the time forthe closing of the registration books pursuant to § 24.2-416.

B. In any other case, a completed mail voter registration application shallbe deemed timely if received by any general registrar or any personauthorized to receive voter registration applications pursuant to §24.2-415.1, by the deadline provided for in § 24.2-416 for closing theregistration books.

(1996, cc. 72, 73.)