CODE OF VIRGINIA ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CERTAIN CLASSES OF MEMBERS (ยง 13.1-856) If the articles of incorporation authorize dividing the members into classes, the articles may also authorize the election of all or a specified number of directors by the members of one or more authorized classes. Each class entitled to elect one or more directors is a separate voting group for purposes of the election of directors. HISTORY: 1985, c. 522.