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Article 4

Conduct of Election; Election Results

24.2-643Qualified voter permitted to vote; procedures at polling place; voter identification 24.2-644Voting by paper ballot; voting for presidential electors; write-in votes 24.2-645Defaced printed ballots 24.2-646Voter folds paper ballot and hands same to officer who deposits it unopened in ballot container 24.2-646.1Permitted use of paper ballots 24.2-647Voting systems; demonstration on election day 24.2-648Write-in votes on voting equipment 24.2-649Assistance for certain voters inside the polling place; penalties 24.2-649.1Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place 24.2-650Officers to sign only official papers, etc 24.2-651.1Voter who is shown as having already voted; provisional ballots 24.2-652Voter whose name erroneously omitted from pollbook; provisional ballots 24.2-653(Effective until January 1, 2027) Provisional voting; procedures in polling place 24.2-653.01(Effective until September 1, 2026) Provisional ballots; electoral boards to make determination as to validity 24.2-653.1Voters who did not receive absentee ballots; provisional ballots 24.2-653.2Ballots cast after normal close of polling hours due to court-ordered extension; provisional ballots 24.2-653.3Voters assigned to split precinct; provisional ballots 24.2-654(Effective until September 1, 2026) Officers to lock and seal voting equipment and ascertain vote after polls closed; statement of results 24.2-655Representatives of political parties and candidates to be present on request 24.2-657Determination of vote on voting systems 24.2-658Machines with printed return sheets; disposition of sheets 24.2-659Locking voting systems after election and delivering keys to clerk; printed returns as evidence 24.2-661Detection and setting aside of double ballots 24.2-662Procedure when paper ballots exceed names on pollbooks 24.2-663When ballot void 24.2-664Reduction in number of ballots 24.2-665How paper ballots counted 24.2-666Procedures to account for paper ballots 24.2-667Completion of statement of results 24.2-667.1Reporting of results; absentee and provisional votes 24.2-668Pollbooks, statements of results, and ballots to be sealed and delivered to clerk or general registrar 24.2-669Clerk to keep ballots; inspection; destruction 24.2-670Clerk to send for books and ballots if not delivered by officers 24.2-671Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results 24.2-671.2Risk-limiting audits 24.2-672Electoral board to correct irregularities in returns of officers of election 24.2-673Candidates having highest number of votes to receive certificate of election 24.2-673.1Ranked choice voting 24.2-674Determination by lot in case of tie 24.2-675Abstracts of votes to be made by secretary and forwarded to State Board and to clerks 24.2-676(Effective until January 1, 2027) Secretary to make out and deliver certificate of election 24.2-677State Board to open and record returns; application of Freedom of Information Act 24.2-678Law-enforcement officer to be sent for abstracts not forwarded 24.2-679State Board to meet and make statement as to number of votes 24.2-680(Effective until January 1, 2027) Certificates of election