Code of Virginia - Title 24.2 Elections - Section 24.2-670 Clerk to send for books and ballots if not delivered by officers

§ 24.2-670. Clerk to send for books and ballots if not delivered by officers

If the officers of election fail to deliver the materials to the clerk of the circuit court, or to the principal office of the general registrar, as required by § 24.2-668 before the time for the electoral board to meet and open the returns, the clerk of the circuit court shall dispatch, to obtain such returns, a law-enforcement officer, who shall be subject to the same penalties and entitled to the same compensation as an officer of election for such service.

(Code 1950, § 24-269; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-145; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 197.)

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