CODE OF VIRGINIA

METHODS OF APPLYING FOR MILITARY-OVERSEAS BALLOT (§ 24.2-458)

A. A covered voter who is registered to vote in this state may apply for a
military-overseas ballot using either the regular absentee ballot application in
use in the voter’s jurisdiction under Chapter 7 (§ 24.2-700 et seq.) or
the federal postcard application.

B. A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this state may use a federal
postcard application to apply simultaneously to register to vote under §
24.2-457 and for a military-overseas ballot.

C. The electoral board shall ensure that the system described in subsection C of
§ 24.2-455 is capable of accepting the submission of both a federal postcard
application and any other approved military-overseas ballot application sent to
the appropriate election official. The voter may use the system or any other
approved method to apply for a military-overseas ballot.

D. A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in
absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously
with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot.

E. To receive the benefits of this chapter, a covered voter must inform the
appropriate election official that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of
informing the appropriate election official that a voter is a covered voter
include:

   1.  The use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee
   ballot;

   2.  The use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration
   application or ballot application; and

   3.  The inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot
   application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered
   voter.

F. This chapter does not preclude a covered voter from voting under Chapter 7
(§ 24.2-700 et seq.).

HISTORY: 2012, c. 353.