24.2-647 - Voting equipment; demonstration on election day. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-647. Voting equipment; demonstration on election day.

The electoral board shall provide at each polling place on election day, forthe voting device in use, a model of, or materials displaying, a portion ofits ballot face. The model or materials shall be located on the table of oneof the officers or in some other place accessible to the voters. An officerof election shall instruct any voter, who requests instruction before voting,on the proper manner of voting. The officer may direct the voter's attentionto sample ballots so that the voter may become familiar with the location ofquestions and names of offices and candidates.

For equipment using ballots inserted in electronic counting devices, anofficer of election, using a demonstration ballot and equipment, shall showeach voter who requests, immediately on entry to the polling place, themanner in which the ballot is to be voted.

If any voter, after entering the voting booth, asks for further instructionsconcerning the manner of voting, two of the officers, from differentpolitical parties shall give such instructions to him, but no officer shallin any manner request, or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to votefor or against any particular ticket, candidate, or question. After givingsuch instructions and before the voter votes, the officers shall leave thevoting booth, and the voter shall cast his ballot in secret.

(Code 1950, § 24-309; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-219; 1980, c. 639; 1985, c. 458;1993, c. 641.)