CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS MOVING FROM PRECINCT (§ 24.2-401)

A person who is qualified to vote except for having moved his residence from one
precinct to another within the Commonwealth may vote in the precinct from which
he has moved in the following November general election and any intervening
election unless his registration has been transferred or cancelled as provided
in this chapter. In addition, a person may continue to vote in the precinct from
which he has moved through the ensuing second general election for federal
office, provided that (i) he has moved his residence from one precinct to
another in the same registrar’s jurisdiction and the same congressional
district; (ii) he has failed to respond to the notice provided in § 24.2-428;
(iii) his registration has not been transferred or cancelled as provided in this
chapter; and (iv) he has affirmed orally or in writing his new address before an
officer of election at the polling place.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-17, 24-22, 24-23; 1963, Ex. Sess., c. 2; 1970, c.
462, § 24.1-41; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 205, 265; 1974, c. 428; 1977, c. 490;
1978, c. 778; 1993, c. 641; 1996, cc. 72, 73; 1997, c. 346.