24.2-522 - When and to whom filings to be made. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-522. When and to whom filings to be made.

A. Declarations of candidacy, petitions, and receipts indicating the paymentof filing fees shall be filed not earlier than noon of the ninety-second dayand not later than 5:00 p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the primary.

B. Except as provided in subsection C, candidates for nomination shall filetheir declarations, petitions, and receipts with the chairman or chairmen ofthe several committees of the respective parties.

C. Any candidate for nomination for United States Senator, Governor,Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General shall file with the State Board (i)his declaration of candidacy, (ii) the petitions for his candidacy, sealed inone or more containers to which is attached a written statement under oath bythe candidate giving his name and the number of signatures on the petitionscontained in the containers, and (iii) a receipt indicating the payment ofhis filing fee.

The State Board shall transmit the material so filed to the state chairman ofthe party of the candidate on the seventy-fourth day before the primary. Thesealed containers containing the petitions for a candidate may be opened onlyby the state chairman of the party of the candidate.

(Code 1950, §§ 24-370 through 24-372, 24-374; 1960, c. 427; 1970, c. 462, §§24.1-184, 24.1-186; 1978, cc. 239, 778, § 24.1-186.1; 1983, c. 461; 1993, c.641; 2003, c. 1015; 2010, cc. 449, 645.)