Bill Text: VA SB1111 | 2021 | 1st Special Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Elections; preservation of order at the polls, powers of officers of election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-02-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) [SB1111 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-SB1111-Enrolled.html
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact §24.2-606 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to elections; preservation of order at the polls; powers of officers
of election.
[S 1111]
Approved
Bill Title: Elections; preservation of order at the polls, powers of officers of election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-02-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) [SB1111 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-SB1111-Enrolled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-606 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-606. Preservation of order at elections.
The officers of election, with the consent of the chief
law-enforcement officer for the county or city, may designate a law-enforcement
officer who shall attend at the polling place and preserve order inside and
outside the polling place. If no law-enforcement officer is in attendance,
the officers of election may appoint, in writing, one or more persons
specially, who shall have all the powers of a law-enforcement officer in the
polling place and within the prohibited area prescribed by §24.2-604.