2011 Code of Virginia
Title 24.2 ELECTIONS.
Chapter 6 The Election (24.2-600 thru 24.2-687)
24.2-651.1 Voter who is shown as having already voted; challenge and procedure for voting; voter identificatio...
24.2-651.1. Voter who is shown as having already voted; challenge and procedure for voting; voter identification.
The officers of election shall challenge the vote of any person who offers to vote, who is listed on the pollbook, and whose name is marked to indicate that he has already voted in person in the election.
When the person is challenged, an officer shall explain to him the basis for the challenge. If the person being challenged states that he has not voted and is qualified, an officer shall ask the voter to present one of the following forms of identification: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card, his social security card, his valid Virginia driver's license, or any other identification card issued by a government agency of the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States; or any valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the voter and issued by an employer of the voter in the ordinary course of the employer's business.
If the person presents the requested form of identification showing him to be the person listed on the pollbook, an officer of election shall give him the form set out in 24.2-651 for the person to sign subject to felony penalties for making false statements pursuant to 24.2-1016.
If the person challenged refuses to sign the statement, he shall not be permitted to vote. If, however, he signs the statement, he shall be permitted to vote on the voting system in use at the precinct.
When the voter has shown the requested identification, has signed the statement, and is permitted to vote, the officers of election shall mark his name on the pollbook with the first or next consecutive number from the voter count form, or shall enter that the voter has voted if the pollbook is in electronic form, and shall indicate on the pollbook that the person has signed the required statement in accordance with the instructions of the State Board of Elections.
(1997, c. 915; 2000, cc. 366, 451; 2003, c. 1015.)
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