CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHAIRMAN OR OFFICIAL TO FURNISH STATE BOARD AND GENERAL REGISTRARS WITH NAMES OF
CANDIDATES AND CERTIFY PETITION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS MET (§ 24.2-527)

A. It shall be the duty of the chairman or chairmen of the several committees of
the respective parties to furnish the name of any candidate for nomination for
any office to be elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth at large or
of a congressional district or of a General Assembly district to the State
Board, and to furnish the name of any candidate for any other office to the
State Board and to the general registrars charged with the duty of preparing and
printing the primary ballots. In furnishing the name of any such candidate, the
chairman shall certify that a review of the filed candidate petitions found the
required minimum number of signatures of qualified voters for that office to
have been met. The chairman shall also certify the order and date and time of
filing for purposes of printing the ballots as prescribed in § 24.2-528,
provided that the State Board shall determine the order and date and time of
filing for candidates for United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and Attorney General for such purposes. Each chairman shall comply with the
provisions of this section not less than 70 days before the primary.

B. In no case shall the individual who is a candidate for an office be the
person who certifies the names of candidates for a primary for that same office.
In such case the party shall designate an alternate official to certify the
candidates.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-375; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-187; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c.
239; 1979, c. 329; 1993, c. 641; 2006, c. 83; 2010, cc. 449, 645; 2013, c. 443;
2016, cc. 18, 492.