Code of Virginia - Title 24.2 Elections - Section 24.2-648 Write-in votes on voting equipment

§ 24.2-648. Write-in votes on voting equipment

Write-in votes may be cast on voting equipment for any person whose name does not appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office being voted, subject to this section and the provisions of § 24.2-644 not in conflict with this section.

Each write-in vote shall be entered in the receptacle or area designated on the device for the office being elected. A write-in vote shall be cast in its appropriate place, in accordance with the instructions for that equipment, or it shall be void and not counted.

Except on devices which provide a means to enter a name electronically, each write-in vote shall be entered by the voter in his own handwriting or hand printing.

(Code 1950, § 24-307; 1962, c. 260; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-217; 1975, c. 515; 1985, c. 458; 1990, c. 214; 1993, c. 641; 1996, c. 5.)

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