Chap. 420.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 203 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by acts approved March 15, 1920, and March 28, 1922, and sections
205 to 210, both inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act
approved March 28, 1922. {H B 139]

Approved March 21, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
two hundred and three of the Code of Virginia, as amended by acts
approved March fifteenth, nineteen kundred and twenty, and March
twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and sections two kun-
dred and five to two Lundred and ten, both inclusive, of the Code of
Virginia, as amended by an act approved March twenty-eighth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, be further amended and re-ehacted to
read as follows:

Section 203. Letter of application for ballot, when and how for-
warded.—He shall make application in writing for a ballot to the reg-
istrar of his precinct, not less than five nor more than sixty days prior
to the primary or general election in which he desires to vote, if he be
within the confines of the United States, or not less than sixty days nor
more than ninety days, if he be in the Philippines, Hawai, Porto Rico,
the Canal Zone, or in touch with an American consulate in territory
over which the United States has no jurisdiction. The application
may be handed to the registrar in person, or forwarded to him by mail,
and shall contain necessary postage, or the correct amount in legal
tender, necessary for registering the ballot to him, and full directions
for mailing the same. But the failure to enclose necessary postage
shall not render void a vote otherwise legally cast.

Section 205. Duty of registrar on receipt of application.—The reg-
istrar, upon receipt of the application for ballot, if the applicant is duly
registered in that precinct, shall enroll the name and address of the ap-
plicant on a list to be kept by him for the purpose, and forward to the
applicant by registered mail the following, all of which shall be fur-
nished by the electoral board:

(a) An envelope containing the folded ballot, sealed and marked
“Ballot within. Do not open except in presence of a notary public”
(or other officer mentioned in section two hundred and eight).
(b) An envelope, for resealing the marked ballot, on which is
printed the “voucher,” form of which is hereinafter provided.

(c) A properly addressed envelope for the return of said ballot.

(d) A printed slip giving full instructions regarding the manner of
marking the ballot, in order that the same may be counted, and how
prepared and returned. ,

(e) <A “coupon,” the form of which is hereinafter given.

Section 206. Form of voucher.—The ‘‘voucher” called for in sec-
tion two hundred and five, and printed on the envelope in which the
ballot is to be sealed up after the same has been marked, shall be in the
following form:

Voucher.

This is to certify that the enclosed ballot was received by me as per
my application to the registrar of .................... precinct, .............-....
county (or city), Virginia. The envelope marked “ballot within” was
opened by me in the presence Of........000.0 0. eee , & notary
public (or other officer mentioned in section two hundred and eight,
Infra), Of ...00...022.00...... , marked while in his presence, without assistance
or knowledge on the part of anyone as to manner in which same was
prepared, and then and there sealed as provided by law.

(Signed)... eee eee ceeeeeeecseeeeeceee eee

Notary Public.
(or other person designated in section two hundred and eight).
Section 207. Form of coupon.—The ‘‘coupon”’ called for in section
two hundred and six shall be in the following form:

Coupon.

Name (given by voter) ... .........., color ........... , height 2.0.00... ,
age (given by voter) 0.0.0... | , color of hair ...... ....... , color of eyes
beeen _ oy Weight (estimated) ..............., birthplace (given by voter)
wees ..., occupation (given by voter) ................. State and precinct

where voter claimed to have last voted ................

To the best of my knowledge, the above information is correct, and
the applicant has complied with the requirements of the law as above
provided. I have no knowledge whatever of the marking, erasure, or
intent of the ballot enclosed.

(Signed) ee
Notary Public
(or other person mentioned in section two hundred and eight).

Section 208. Receipt, voting and return of ballot.—Upon re-
ceipt of the registered letter, forwarded by the registrar, the voter shall
not open the sealed envelope, marked ‘‘ballot within,” except in the
presence of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments to deeds, and shall then and there mark and re-
fold the ballot without assistance and without making known the
manner of marking same. He shall then and there place the ballot in
the envelope provided for the same, seal the same, and fill in and sign
the voucher printed on the back of the envelope, in the presence of a
notary public or other officer hereinabove provided, who shall witness
the same in writing. This envelope, together with the coupon, which
must be filled out and signed by a notary public, or other officer as
herein provided, shall be enclosed within the envelope directed to the
registrar, which shall then and there be sealed, and shall be registered
and mailed to the registrar, or delivered to the registrar in person.

Section 209. Voting by elector described in section two hundred
and four.—An elector, receiving his ballot under the provisions of sec-
tion two hundred and four, shall conform to all the requirements of the
preceding section, except that the consul, or his assistant, if received at
a consulate, or his commanding officer, or some commissioned officer
designated by him, if in the army or navy, shall answer in all respects
for, and perform all the duties required of the notary public or other
officer mentioned in the preceding section; preserving, however, all the
secrecy of the ballot as therein provided; and the same shall be regis-
tered and mailed by the first mail thereafter leaving said consulate,
command or vessel.

Section 210. Ballots to be furnished by electoral board.—It shall
be the duty of the electoral board of each county and city to furnish the
registrar of each precinct with a sufficient number of official ballots,
each properly sealed in an envelope marked ‘Ballot within. Do not
open except in presence of a notary public” (or other officer mentioned
in section two hundred and eight), and take his receipt therefor. And
it shall be the duty of the registrar to deliver to the judges of election on
election day all unused ballots in their original sealed envelopes which
remain in his possession, to be by them destroyed as are other unused
ballots on that day.