Bill Text: VA HB499 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Candidates for office; required to file copy of petition signed by qualified voters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) [HB499 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB499-Comm_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§24.2-506 and 24.2-521 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §24.2-506. Petition of qualified voters required; number of signatures required; certain towns excepted. The name of any candidate for any office, other than a party nominee, shall not be printed upon any official ballots provided for the election unless he shall file along with his declaration of candidacy a petition therefor, on a form prescribed by the State Board, signed by the number of qualified voters specified below after January 1 of the year in which the election is held and listing the residence address of each such voter. Each signature on the petition shall have been witnessed by a person who is himself a qualified voter, or qualified to register to vote, for the office for which he is circulating the petition and whose affidavit to that effect appears on each page of the petition. Each voter signing the petition The minimum number of signatures of qualified voters required for candidate petitions shall be as follows: 1. For a candidate for the United States Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, 10,000 signatures, including the signatures of at least 400 qualified voters from each congressional district in the Commonwealth; 2. For a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, 1,000 signatures; 3. For a candidate for the Senate of Virginia, 250 signatures; 4. For a candidate for the House of Delegates or for a constitutional office, 125 signatures; 5. For a candidate for membership on the governing body or elected school board of any county or city, 125 signatures; or if from an election district not at large containing 1,000 or fewer registered voters, 50 signatures; 6. For a candidate for membership on the governing body or elected school board of any town which has more than 1,500 registered voters, 125 signatures; or if from a ward or other district not at large, 25 signatures; 7. For membership on the governing body or elected school board of any town which has 1,500 or fewer registered voters, no petition shall be required; 8. For a candidate for director of a soil and water conservation district created pursuant to Article 3 (§10.1-506 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 10.1, 25 signatures; and 9. For any other candidate, 50 signatures. §24.2-521. Petition required to accompany declaration; number of signatures required. A candidate for nomination by primary for any office shall be required to file with his declaration of candidacy a petition for his name to be printed on the official primary ballot, on a form prescribed by the State Board, signed by the number of qualified voters specified below after January 1 of the year in which the election is held or before or after said date in the case of a March primary, and listing the residence address of each such voter. Each signature on the petition shall have been witnessed by a person who is himself a qualified voter, or qualified to register to vote, for the office for which he is circulating the petition and whose affidavit to that effect appears on each page of the petition. Each voter signing the petition The minimum number of signatures of qualified voters required for primary candidate petitions shall be as follows: 1. For a candidate for the United States Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, 10,000 signatures, including the signatures of at least 400 qualified voters from each congressional district in the Commonwealth; 2. For a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, 1,000 signatures; 3. For a candidate for the Senate of Virginia, 250 signatures; 4. For a candidate for the House of Delegates or for a constitutional office, 125 signatures; 5. For a candidate for membership on the governing body of any county or city, 125 signatures; or if from an election district not at large containing 1,000 or fewer registered voters, 50 signatures; 6. For a candidate for membership on the governing body of any town which has more than 1,500 registered voters, 125 signatures; or if from a ward or other district not at large, 25 signatures; 7. For membership on the governing body of any town which has 1,500 or fewer registered voters, no petition shall be required; and 8. For any other candidate, 50 signatures. |