CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIGHT TO GRANT EXTENSIONS IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (§ 24.2-946.4)

A. The State Board shall provide instructions to filers for delivery of campaign
finance reports within the time periods prescribed by law.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any candidate or treasurer
required to file a report pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to a
72-hour extension of the filing deadline if his spouse, parent, grandparent,
child, grandchild, or sibling died within the 72 hours before the deadline. The
State Board or the general registrar shall be authorized to grant an extension
of the filing deadline for a period not to exceed five days for good cause shown
by the filer and found by the Board or registrar sufficient to justify the
granting of the extension.

C. The Commissioner of Elections shall have additional authority to extend a
deadline established in this chapter for filing reports in emergency situations
that interfere with the timely filing of reports. The extension shall be limited
in scope to the areas and times affected by the emergency. The provisions of
this subsection shall be applicable only in the case of an emergency declared by
the Governor pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (§ 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44 or
declared by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Governor by
executive order as an emergency for the purposes of this subsection.

D. The Commissioner of Elections shall have additional authority to extend a
deadline established in this chapter for filing reports for a reasonable period
for a candidate who serves as his own campaign treasurer and who is a member of
a uniformed service of the United States called to active duty during a
reporting period.

E. The State Board shall have authority to extend any deadline applicable to
reports required to be filed by computer or electronic means in the event of a
failure of the computer or electronic filing system that prevents timely filing.
The extension shall not exceed a period of up to five days after restoration of
the filing system to operating order.

F. The State Board shall have authority also to grant extensions as provided in
§§ 24.2-503 and 24.2-948.3.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 515, § 24.1-262; 1984, c. 480, § 24.1-257.1; 1986, c. 558,
§ 24.1-257.2; 1988, c. 734; 1990, c. 976; 1991, cc. 9, 709; 1993, c. 641, §§
24.2-927, 24.2-929; 1994, c. 752; 1995, c. 785; 1996, c. 687, § 24.2-914.1;
1997, cc. 364, 392; 1998, c. 416; 1999, c. 864; 2000, cc. 234, 511, 555; 2001,
cc. 620, 635, 648; 2002, cc. 468, 652; 2003, cc. 242, 726; 2004, cc. 457, 480;
2005, cc. 9, 371, 676, 745; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2013, c. 542; 2015, cc. 644,
645.