2014 Virginia Code
Title 24.2 - Elections
§ 24.2-606. Preservation of order at elections
The officers of election, with the consent of the chief law-enforcement officer for the county or city, may designate a law-enforcement officer who shall attend at the polling place and preserve order inside and outside the polling place. If no law-enforcement officer is in attendance, the officers of election may appoint, in writing, one or more persons specially, who shall have all the powers of a law-enforcement officer in the polling place and within the prohibited area prescribed by § 24.2-604.
Code 1950, § 24-189; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-103; 1993, c. 641 .
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