CODE OF VIRGINIA

ROLE OF COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS (§ 24.2-455)

A. The Commissioner of Elections is the state official responsible for
implementing this chapter and Virginia’s responsibilities under the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. § 20301 et seq.

B. The Commissioner shall make available to covered voters information regarding
voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting
military-overseas ballots. The Commissioner may delegate the responsibility
under this subsection only to the state office designated in compliance with §
102(b)(1) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C.
§ 20302(b)(1).

C. The Commissioner shall coordinate with local electoral boards to establish an
appropriate system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter
registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information under
this chapter.

D. The Commissioner shall:

   1.  Develop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and
   transmission envelopes, authentication materials, and voting instructions to
   be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any
   jurisdiction in this state; and

   2.  To the extent reasonably possible, coordinate with other states to carry
   out this subsection.

E. The Commissioner shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for
use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to
the voter’s identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and
timely and proper completion of an overseas-military ballot. The declaration
must be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in
absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this chapter. The
Commissioner shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration,
including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a
prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.

HISTORY: 2012, c. 353; 2013, c. 542.