2011 Code of Virginia
Title 24.2 ELECTIONS.
Chapter 4 Voter Registration (24.2-400 thru 24.2-447)
24.2-416.4 Return of mail voter registration applications
24.2-416.4. Return of mail voter registration applications.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of 24.2-416, a mail voter registration application returned through the United States Postal Service shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of the postmark affixed to such application by the United States Postal Service. If no such postmark is affixed or if the postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service is illegible or bears no date, such application shall be deemed to have been timely if received through the United States mail no later than five days following the time for the closing of the registration books pursuant to 24.2-416.
B. In any other case, a completed mail voter registration application shall be deemed timely if received by any general registrar or any person authorized to receive voter registration applications pursuant to 24.2-415.1, by the deadline provided for in 24.2-416 for closing the registration books.
(1996, cc. 72, 73.)
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