24.2-603 - Hours polls to be open; closing the polls.
§ 24.2-603. Hours polls to be open; closing the polls.
At all elections, the polls shall be open at each polling place at 6:00 a.m.on the day of the election and closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day except asprovided for central absentee voter precincts pursuant to subsection F of §24.2-712.
At 6:45 p.m. an officer of election shall announce that the polls will closein fifteen minutes. The officers of election shall list the names of allqualified voters in line before the polling place at 7:00 p.m. and permitthose voters and no others to vote after 7:00 p.m.
(Code 1950, §§ 24-182, 24-184; 1950, p. 462; 1958, c. 160; 1962, c. 536;1966, c. 116; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-98, 24.1-99; 1981, c. 425; 1993, c. 641;2008, c. 423.)