2014 Virginia Code
Title 24.2 - Elections
§ 24.2-117. Request for removal of officer of election


VA Code § 24.2-117 (2014) What's This?

A candidate may require the removal of an officer of election for the election in which he is a candidate by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board appointing the officer, on the grounds that the officer is the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of an opposing candidate. A member of the electoral board may also request the removal of an officer of election whom he knows to be the spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild of a candidate in the election by a request in writing, filed at least seven days before the election with the electoral board. The electoral board may appoint a substitute who shall hold office and serve for that election.

1982, c. 650, ยง 24.1-105.1; 1993, c. 641; 2014, c. 410.

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