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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 497<\/a> and 588<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1421721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357324,"identifier":"3.2-1710","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/2\/3.2-1710","url":"\/3.2-1710\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1710\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/2\/3.2-1710","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons eligible to vote","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1710","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each member of the horse industry who has paid for the administering of the equine infectious anemia test during the previous fiscal year shall be eligible to vote in a referenda, provided that he certifies on forms approved by the Board<\/span> that he has paid for such a test. Any person meeting such requirements shall be eligible to vote in the referendum<\/span>, but no person shall be required to be a qualified voter in other respects. Any person who is not an individual shall vote by its authorized representative.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE (\u00a7 3.2-1710)\n\nEach member of the horse industry who has paid for the administering of the\nequine infectious anemia test during the previous fiscal year shall be eligible\nto vote in a referenda, provided that he certifies on forms approved by the\nBoard that he has paid for such a test. Any person meeting such requirements\nshall be eligible to vote in the referendum, but no person shall be required to\nbe a qualified voter in other respects. Any person who is not an individual\nshall vote by its authorized representative.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, \u00a7 3.1-22.65; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}