CHAPTER 524

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 24 a chapter,
numbered 2.1, containing §§ 24-28.1 through 24-28.4 relating to the
right to vote of certain persons.

[H 415]

Approved April 2, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: __
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding in Title 24 a chapter
numbered 2.1, containing §§ 24-23.1, through 24-23.4, as follows:

Chapter 2.1

§ 24-23.1. Whenever a majority of the judges of election of any precinct
are satisfied, by such evidence as they may deem proper, that a person
offering to vote in person in any election, is in active service as a member
of the armed forces of the United States in time of war, and that such
person is otherwise qualified to vote, they shall permit such person to
vote in such election (and also in any second primary election that may be
held in connection therewith) without being required to register or to pay
any poll tax, provided, however that such person shall execute and file with
the judges of election an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before a judge
of election, substantially as follows:

“I do swear (or affirm) that I am now and have been a citizen of

Virginia since the ......... day of ow... 19... , and am a resident of the
cesessessueussssesetemeceta (city or county) of ................ (mame of city or county)
residing at o.oo. (street and number or place of residence therein)

and am now in active service in the armed forces of the United States;
that I am twenty-one years of age. The name or number of my voting
precinct 18 00.2... (if known, so state).

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Judge of Election”

The affidavit shall be returned to the clerk’s office with the ballots
and shall be preserved by the clerk as a public record until such time as
the judge of the circuit or corporation court of the county or city in
whose clerk's office the affidavit is filed shall order the same to be de-
stroyed.

§ 24-23.2. Whenever a majority of the judges are likewise satisfied
that a person offering to vote in person in any election, including a pri-
mary election, has been discharged from active service as a member of the
armed forces of the United States in time of war on or after the first day
of the calendar year preceding the year in which such election occurs,
and that such discharge was not dishonorable, and that such person is
registered and otherwise qualified to vote, they shall permit such per-
son to vote in said election (and also in any second primary election that
may be held in connection therewith) without the payment of any poll tax.

§ 24--23.3. Whenever a majority of the judges are likewise satisfied
that the discharge from active service occurred in time of war, and at
a time when the registration books were closed for the election, at which
the person offers to vote, such person’s right to vote without being re-
quired to register shall be deemed to have accrued while he was still in
such active service and the person shall be entitled to vote in said election,
even though not then registered.

24-23.4. Before allowing any person to vote pursuant to either
of the two preceding sections, such person shall be required to execute and
file with the judges of election an affidavit subscribed and sworn to before
a judge of election substantially as follows:
“I do swear (or affirm) that I am now and have been a citizen of

Virginia since the. QRY Of ne ccceeccccecsecscneceeeen Ss (: een
and am a resident of the... (city or COUNLY) Of envnwnnnninen (name
of city or county) residing at oo ccc cccccccccssseccsemeee (street and number or
place of residence therein) and was discharged from active service in the
armed forces of the United States on the ................ iN A) , 19............
that I am twenty-one years of age. The name or number of my voting
PTECINCE 18. ccc ccceeeecccccccccsceneeee (if known, so state).

Subscribed and sworn to before me this........... ay Of... eee ie |! ee

Judge of Election”

The affidavit shall be returned to the clerk’s office with the ballots and
shall be preserved by the clerk as a public record until such time as the
judge of the circuit or corporation court of the county or city in which
clerk’s office the affidavit is filed shall order the same to be destroyed.