Bill Text: VA SB740 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: County and city precincts; required to be wholly contained within election districts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1268) [SB740 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB740-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-307 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-307. Requirements for county and city precincts.
The governing body of each county and city shall establish by ordinance as many precincts as it deems necessary. Each governing body is authorized to increase or decrease the number of precincts and alter precinct boundaries subject to the requirements of this chapter.
At the time any precinct is established, it shall have no more than 5,000 registered voters. The general registrar shall notify the governing body whenever the number of voters who voted in a precinct in an election for President of the United States exceeds 4,000. Within six months of receiving the notice, the governing body shall proceed to revise the precinct boundaries, and any newly established or redrawn precinct shall have no more than 5,000 registered voters.
At the time any precinct is established, each precinct in a county shall have no fewer than 100 registered voters and each precinct in a city shall have no fewer than 500 registered voters.
Each precinct shall be wholly contained within any a
single congressional district, Senate district, House of Delegates district,
and election district used for the election of one or more members of the
governing body or school board for the county or city. By July 1 of each
year ending in one, the governing body of each county and city shall establish
the precinct boundaries to be consistent with any congressional district,
Senate district, House of Delegates district, and local election district that
was adopted by the appropriate authority by June 15 of that year. If a
governing body is unable to establish a precinct with the minimum number of
registered voters without splitting the precinct between two or more
congressional districts, Senate districts, House of Delegates districts, or
local election districts, it shall apply to the State Board for a waiver to
administer a split precinct. The State Board may grant the waiver or direct the
governing body to establish a precinct with fewer than the minimum number of
registered voters as permitted by §24.2-309. A governing body granted a waiver
to administer a split precinct or directed to establish a precinct with fewer
than the minimum number of registered voters may use such a precinct for any
election held that year.
The governing body shall establish by ordinance one polling place for each precinct.
