Chap. 52.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 100 of the Code of Vi er
relating to changes of residence and registration by voters. {HB 64]

Approved March 2, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
one hundred of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re- “enacted sO as
to read as follows:

Section 100. Voter changing his residence may change his registra-
tion.— Whenever a registered voter changes his place of residence from
one election district to another, in the same county or city, it shall be
lawful for him to apply for, in person or in writing, and it shall be
the duty of the registrar of his former election district, at any time,
to furnish a certificate that he was duly registered, and that his name
has, since his removal, been erased from the registration books of
said election district, which shall be sufficient evidence to: entitled him
to be registered in the election district to which he has removed, on its
appearing to the satisfaction of the registrar that he has resided, prior
to the next election, in such district for thirty days; and the name of
every such person shall be entered at any time, by the registrar, on
the registration books of the election district to which the voter has
removed; but in cities and towns containing over two thousand five
hundred inhabitants, the name of such person shall only be entered
by the registrar prior to or on the days named in section ninety-eight ;
and whenever a registered voter changes his place of residence from
one county or city to another county or city, it shall be lawful for him
to apply to the registrar of his former election district, at any time
up to and cluding the regular days of registration, in person or in
writing, to furnish a certificate that he was duly registered, and that
his name, since his change of residence and removal, has been erased
from the registration books of said election district, which certificate
shall be delivered to the registrar of the election district in which he
resides and offers to be registered in the county or city to which he
has removed, and will entitle him to be registered in said district, on
its appearing to the satisfaction of said registrar that he has resided,
or will have resided prior to the next election, in the county or city
to which he has removed for six months, and the name of every such
person shall be entered at any time, up to and including the regular
days of registration, by the registrar, on the registration books of the
election district in which said person resides, and no voter who has been
heretofore registered at any election district in this State shall be en-
titled to be registered in any other election district, unless he shall
deliver to the registrar of the district in which he offers to be registered
said certificate, which shall be kept on file by said registrar.
The registrar shall receive the same fee for issuing a certificate of
transfer that he is allowed for registering a voter other than on regular
registration days, and for entering on his registration books a certificate
of registration other than on regular registration days he shall receive
a like fee.