Chap. 447.—An ACT to amend and reenact section 155 of the Code of Virginia
relating to the printing of ballots in elections. {H 551}

Approved April 1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one hundred and fifty-five of the Code of Virginia
be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

Section 155. How and when ballots printed—Except as provided
in section one hundred fifty-seven-a of the Code, it shall be the duty of
the electoral boards of the several counties and cities of this State, as
soon as practicable after the secretary is officially notified of the names
of the candidates in any election, and at least thirty days prior to any
primary or general election, or in the case of a special election at least
thirty days prior to the election or as soon thereafter as possible, to
cause to be printed a number of ballots equal to one and one-quarter times
the entire registered vote of the county or city. In the magisterial districts
of a county or wards of a city, only the names of the candidates to be
voted for in the district or ward shall be placed on the ballots. These
ballots shall be white paper tickets without any distinguishing mark or
symbol, shall contain the names of all the candidates complying with the
provisions of the law, printed in black ink, immediately below the office
for which they have so announced their candidacy, in due and orderly
succession, and the names on the ballot shall be in clear print, in the
same order and each name in a separate line, and the type used in
printing the ballots shall be plain Roman type, not smaller than pica.
Immediately to the left and on the same line with the name of each
candidate shall be printed a square, not less than one-quarter nor more
than one-half an inch in size, printed thus:

JOHN DOE

Hereafter it shall be the duty of the electoral boards, in preparing
the ballots for general, special and primary elections, to cause to be
printed in small type, immediately below the title of any officer for
which there appear on the ballots the names of more than one candidate,
a note stating the number of candidates who may be voted for for that
office.