2006 Code of Virginia § 24.2-419 - Extended time for certain persons to register by mail

24.2-419. Extended time for certain persons to register by mail.

The registration application of the following persons may accompany anapplication for an absentee ballot and shall be on a form prescribed by theState Board or on a Federal Post Card Application:

1. Any member of a uniformed service of the United States, as defined in 42U.S.C. 1973ff-6 (7), who is on active duty;

2. Any member of the merchant marine of the United States;

3. Any spouse or dependent residing with a person listed in subdivisions 1 or2; and

4. Any person temporarily residing outside the United States.

The registration application from a person listed in subdivisions 1, 2 and 3of this section may be accepted notwithstanding the provisions of 24.2-416if they are eligible to be registered and if, by reason of active duty, theyare normally absent from the city or county in which they reside.

(Code 1950, 24-68; 1952, c. 341; 1958, c. 576; 1960, c. 288; 1962, c. 536;1970, c. 462, 24.1-48; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 205; 1972, c. 620; 1974, c. 428;1977, c. 490; 1980, c. 639; 1989, c. 138; 1992, c. 433; 1993, c. 641; 1995,c. 296; 2002, cc. 785, 819; 2004, c. 410.)