A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a covered voter, as defined in §
24.2-452
, may use a federal write-in absentee ballot in any election. Such ballot shall be submitted and processed in the manner provided by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (
52 U.S.C. §
20301
et seq.) and this article.
B.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a federal write-in absentee ballot submitted pursuant to subsection A shall be considered valid for purposes of simultaneously satisfying both an absentee ballot application and a completed absentee ballot, provided that the ballot is received no later than the deadline for the return of absentee ballots as provided in §
24.2-709
for the election in which the voter offers to vote, and the application contains the following information:
(i)
the voter's signature; however, if the voter is unable to sign, the person assisting the voter will note this fact in the voter signature box;
(ii)
the voter's printed name;
(iii)
the voter's birth year;
(iv)
the last four digits of the voter's social security number;
(v)
the county or city in which the voter is registered and offers to vote;
(vi)
the residence address at which the voter is registered to vote; and
(vii)
the voter's current military or overseas address. For purposes of this section, the unique identifier assigned to the voter in the voter registration system pursuant to subdivision A 1 of §
24.2-404
shall be accepted in place of the last four digits of the voter's social security number for those voters whose registration includes a statement of affirmation that they have never been issued a social security number.
C.
This section shall not be construed to require that an absentee ballot be sent to the absentee voter on receipt of a federal write-in absentee ballot unless the voter has also submitted an absentee ballot application pursuant to §
24.2-701
.
Source
1993, c. 813, §
24.1-228.2:1
; 1993, c. 641; 2002, cc. 785, 819;
2009
, cc.
230
,
310
;
2010
, cc.
449
,
645
;
2011
, cc.
427
,
458
;
2012
, c.
353
;
2015
, c.
313
;
2019
, cc.
668
,
669
;
2020
, cc.
1149
,
1151
,
1201
;
2023
, c.
785
.
History
Amended by
Acts
2023
c.
785
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2023
.
Amended by
Acts
2020
c.
1201
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2020
.
Amended by
Acts
2020
c.
1151
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2020
.
Amended by
Acts
2020
c.
1149
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2020
.
Amended by
Acts
2019
c.
669
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2019
.
Amended by
Acts
2019
c.
668
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2019
.
Amended by
Acts
2015
c.
313
,
§
1
, eff.
7/1/2015
.