2006 Code of Virginia § 24.2-532 - Abstracts of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded

24.2-532. Abstracts of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns notforwarded.

As soon as the electoral board shall determine the persons who have receivedthe highest number of votes for nomination to any such office, the secretaryof the board shall immediately make out abstracts and certificates of thevotes cast as provided in 24.2-675 and forward certified copies thereof tothe State Board. The secretary in addition shall place certified copiesthereof in an envelope and forward them in person or by certified mail (i)for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, to thechairman of the congressional district committee, (ii) for members of theGeneral Assembly, to the chairman of the Senate or House of Delegatesdistrict committee, and (iii) for county and city and district officers, tothe chairman of the county or city. "Chairman" means the chairman of thepolitical party under whose auspices the primary is held.

If the abstract of votes shall not have been received by the State Board fromany county or city within six days after any state primary election, theBoard shall dispatch a law-enforcement officer to obtain them as provided in 24.2-678.

(Code 1950, 24-388, 24-390; 1952, c. 4; 1970, c. 462, 24.1-191,24.1-193; 1976, c. 616; 1993, c. 641.)