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Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-106.01 (2026)

Description of duties and responsibilities; required affirmation

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A. The State Board, with the cooperation of the local electoral boards and general registrars, shall develop a description of the duties and responsibilities of the local electoral boards and update such description as needed. Such description shall include the statutory and regulatory duties and responsibilities of the electoral boards, prohibited activities of the electoral boards and members of electoral boards, and the qualifications and disqualifications of members of electoral boards.

B. The Department shall provide to the clerks of the circuit courts, the chairmen of the state and district political party committees, the general registrars, and the local electoral boards the description developed pursuant to subsection A. Such description shall be provided no later than the first day of December each year.

C. Each person nominated for appointment to a local electoral board shall certify that he has read the description developed pursuant to this section and affirm prior to his appointment pursuant to § 24.2-106 that he will faithfully discharge all duties and responsibilities set forth in that description.

2017, c. 271.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2020–2023 · leading case: Townes v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, 843 S.E.2d 737 (Va. 2020).
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Townes v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, 843 S.E.2d 737 (Va. 2020). · cites it 4× “The Commonwealth argued that the JLARC Report was not relevant and that any evidence 2 Code § 24.2-106.01 applied only to Silvestro because it was enacted after Townes was sworn into office.”
Stewart v. Nottoway Cnty., 684 F. Supp. 3d 467 (E.D. Va. 2023). · cites it 3× “Va. Code §§ 24.2-106.01 and -103. Electoral board members are appointed by state circuit court judges.”
Caldwell v. Nottoway Cnty., No. 3:22-cv-00636 (E.D. Va. July 28, 2023). · cites it 3× “Code §§ 24.2-106.01 and -103. Electoral board members are appointed by state circuit court judges.”
Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-106.01(C): 1 case
Townes v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, 843 S.E.2d 737 (Va. 2020). “The Commonwealth argued that the JLARC Report was not relevant and that any evidence 2 Code § 24.2-106.01 applied only to Silvestro because it was enacted after Townes was sworn into office.”
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