Bill Text: VA HB185 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Candidates for office; challenges to qualifications or eligibility, timeliness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-09 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections [HB185 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB185-Prefiled.html
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; challenges.
A. 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.
B. Any challenge to a person's eligibility to have his name printed on the ballot on the basis that such person failed to meet all qualifications or to fulfill all requirements for candidacy shall be made at least 60 days before the date of the election; except that a candidate who was nominated at a primary election shall not be subject to a challenge on the basis of facts that were present prior to the primary election and could have been raised in a challenge to such candidate's eligibility for the primary ballot.
§24.2-525. Persons entitled to have name printed on ballot; challenges.
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.
C. Any challenge to a person's eligibility to have his name printed on the ballot on the basis that such person failed to meet all qualifications or to fulfill all requirements for candidacy shall be made at least 60 days before the date of the primary election.
