Bill Text: VA HB1139 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Candidates for office; candidate for multiple offices at any one election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Tabled in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N) [HB1139 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB1139-Introduced.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1139
Offered January 13, 2022
A BILL to amend and reenact §§24.2-504 and 24.2-525 of the Code of Virginia, relating to candidates for office; candidate for multiple offices at any one election.
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Patron-- Adams, D.M.
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§24.2-504 and 24.2-525 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§24.2-504. Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.

Only a person fulfilling all the requirements of a candidate shall have his name printed on the ballot for the election. No person shall have his name printed on the ballot for more than one office at any one election. However, a candidate for federal or statewide office, or a candidate for an office being filled in a special election, may have his name printed on the ballot for two offices at an election.

§24.2-525. Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot.

A. Only a person meeting all the qualifications and fulfilling all the requirements of a candidate, and who has complied with the rules and regulations of his party, shall have his name printed on the ballot provided for the primary election. A person who does not file either or both written statements required by §24.2-503 by the relevant deadline, or the end of the extension period if an extension has been granted pursuant to that section, shall not have his name printed on the ballot provided for the primary election.

B. No person shall have his name printed on the ballot for more than one office at any one primary election. However, a candidate for federal or statewide office, or a candidate for an office being filled in a special election, may have his name printed on the ballot for two offices at a primary election.

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