24.2-614 - Preparation and form of presidential election ballots.
§ 24.2-614. Preparation and form of presidential election ballots.
As soon as practicable after the seventy-fourth day before the presidentialelection, the State Board shall certify to the secretary of each county andcity electoral board the form of official ballot for the presidentialelection which shall be uniform throughout the Commonwealth. Each electoralboard shall have the official ballot printed at least forty-five dayspreceding the election.
The ballot shall contain the name of each political party and the party group
name, if any, specified by the persons naming electors by petition pursuant to
§ 24.2-543. Below the party name in parentheses, the ballot shall contain the
words "Electors for ...................., President and
...................., Vice President" with the blanks filled in with the names
of the candidates for President and Vice President for whom the candidates
for electors are expected to vote in the Electoral College. A printed square
shall precede the name of each political party or party designation.
Groups of petitioners qualifying for a party name under § 24.2-543 shall betreated as a class; the order of the groups shall be determined by lot by theState Board; and the groups shall immediately precede the independent classon the ballot. The names of the candidates within the independent class shallbe listed alphabetically.
(Code 1950, §§ 24-215, 24-290.4; 1952, c. 330; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-111,24.1-160; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1980, c. 639;1981, c. 425; 1982, c. 650; 1984, c. 480; 1993, c. 641; 1997, c. 209; 2002,c. 738.)