Absentee Voting

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This is Chapter 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Absentee Voting.” It is part of Title 24.2 “Elections”.

It’s comprised of the following 24 sections.

§ 24.2-700	Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot
§ 24.2-700.1	Persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot; persons confined awaiting trial or for conviction of a misdemeanor
§ 24.2-701	Application for absentee ballot
§ 24.2-701.1	Absentee voting in person
§ 24.2-701.2	Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices
§ 24.2-702	Repealed
§ 24.2-702.1	Federal write-in absentee ballots
§ 24.2-703	Application for absentee ballots for multiple elections for uniformed and overseas voters
§ 24.2-703.1	Permanent absentee voter list
§ 24.2-703.2	Replacement absentee ballots for certain disabled or ill voters; penalty
§ 24.2-704	Applications and ballots for persons requiring assistance in voting; penalty
§ 24.2-705	Emergency applications and absentee ballots for individual emergencies
§ 24.2-705.1	Repealed
§ 24.2-706	Duty of general registrar on receipt of application; statement of voter
§ 24.2-707	How ballots marked and returned
§ 24.2-707.1	Drop-off locations for return of absentee ballots
§ 24.2-708	Return of unused ballots; voting by applicant who did not receive or lost ballot; defaced ballots
§ 24.2-709	Ballot to be returned in manner prescribed by law
§ 24.2-709.1	Processing returned absentee ballots before election day; cure process
§ 24.2-710	Absentee voter applicant lists
§ 24.2-711	Duties of electoral board, general registrar, and officers of election
§ 24.2-711.1	Absentee ballots; confirmation of receipt; notice of reason for rejection
§ 24.2-712	Central absentee voter precincts; counting ballots
§ 24.2-713	Emergency authority of the Commissioner of Elections