CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF GENERAL REGISTRAR AND OFFICERS OF ELECTION; POWERS
AND DUTIES IN GENERAL (§ 24.2-109)

A. Each electoral board shall appoint the general registrar for its city or
county and officers of election for each precinct who shall serve in all
elections, including town elections, as provided in this chapter. The secretary
of the electoral board shall promptly notify each appointee of his
appointment.The electoral board by a recorded majority vote may remove from
office, on notice, any general registrar or officer of election who fails to
discharge the duties of his office according to law.

B. The electoral board shall perform the duties assigned by this title
including, but not limited to, the preparation of ballots, the administration of
absentee ballot provisions, the conduct of the election, and the ascertaining of
the results of the election.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-30, 24-35, 24-36, 24-52, 24-52.1, 24-55, 24-61,
24-65, 24-66, 24-118.1, 24-199; 1954, c. 691; 1962, c. 475; 1964, c. 608; 1968,
cc. 97, 141; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-32, 24.1-34, 24.1-43; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c.
428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 12; 1978, c. 778; 1980, c. 639; 1981, c. 425; 1982,
cc. 290, 650; 1983, c. 511; 1984, c. 480; 1985, c. 197; 1986, c. 558; 1988, c.
528; 1989, c. 227; 1993, c. 641; 2004, cc. 27, 391.