A. Declarations of candidacy, petitions, and receipts indicating the payment of filing fees shall be filed not earlier than noon of the ninety-second day and not later than 5:00 p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the primary.
B. Except as provided in subsection C, candidates for nomination shall file their declarations, petitions, and receipts with the chairman or chairmen of the several committees of the respective parties.
C. Any candidate for nomination for United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General shall file with the State Board (i) his declaration of candidacy, (ii) the petitions for his candidacy, sealed in one or more containers to which is attached a written statement under oath by the candidate giving his name and the number of signatures on the petitions contained in the containers, and (iii) a receipt indicating the payment of his filing fee.
The State Board shall transmit the material so filed to the state chairman of the party of the candidate within 72 hours and not later than the seventy-fourth day before the primary. The sealed containers containing the petitions for a candidate may be opened only by the state chairman of the party of the candidate.
Code 1950, §§ 24-370 through 24-372, 24-374; 1960, c. 427; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-184, 24.1-186; 1978, cc. 239, 778, § 24.1-186.1; 1983, c. 461; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 1015; 2010, cc. 449, 645; 2013, c. 443.
Notes of Decisions
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2 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case:
Miller v. Brown, 503 F.3d 360 (4th Cir. 2007).
Miller v. Brown, 503 F.3d 360 (4th Cir. 2007).
“After the time period for candidate filing had closed, see Va.Code Ann. § 24.2-522(A) (2006), the Committee informed us that no one had filed to challenge Senator Martin in the 2007 primary.”
Lowe v. Brink (E.D. Va. 2022).
· cites it 4× “Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-522 (B). It is then the duty of the committee chairman to “certify that a review of the filed candidate petitions found the required minimum number of signatures of qualified voters for [an] office [has] been met.”
George R. Wood, A/K/A George R. \Tex\" Wood v. M. Bruce Meadows, 117 F.3d 770 (1997).
“Indeed, parties that select their candidates through party primaries must require their candidates to submit their declarations and petitions 60 days before the party primary, see Va.Code Ann. § 24.2-522(A), which, in Virginia, is 210 days before the general election, see Va.”
O'Bannon (W.D. Va. 2025).
“2-539, or in the event that no candidate files the required paperwork by the deadline prescribed in § 24.2-522. Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-509 (A) (emphasis added).”
Wood v. Meadows (4th Cir. 1997).
“Indeed, parties that select their candidates through party primaries must require their candidates to submit their declarations and petitions 60 days before the party primary, see Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-522 (A), which, in Virginia, is 210 days before the general election, see Va.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-522(A) — 2 cases
Miller v. Brown, 503 F.3d 360 (4th Cir. 2007).
“After the time period for candidate filing had closed, see Va.Code Ann. § 24.2-522(A) (2006), the Committee informed us that no one had filed to challenge Senator Martin in the 2007 primary.”
George R. Wood, A/K/A George R. \Tex\" Wood v. M. Bruce Meadows, 117 F.3d 770 (1997).
“Indeed, parties that select their candidates through party primaries must require their candidates to submit their declarations and petitions 60 days before the party primary, see Va.Code Ann. § 24.2-522(A), which, in Virginia, is 210 days before the general election, see Va.”
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