CHAPTER 541

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-185, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to certification of candidates for election.

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Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24-135, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 24-135. On receipt of the notices required by §§ 24-180 and 24-131
the State Board of Elections shall notify the secretary of each electoral
board of each county and city of the State or of the Congressional district,
and the clerk or clerks shall notify the secretary of the electoral boards of
their respective counties and cities, which notices shall be sent by the State
Board of Elections and clerks immediately after the time has expired in
which candidates may give notice of their candidacy as prescribed by
§§ 24-130 and 24-131, and upon the failure or refusal of the clerk or clerks
immediately to certify to the electoral board the name of each and every
candidate which has been duly filed, the judge of the circuit or corporation
court may upon motion of any candidate affected immediately certify to the
electoral board the name of each and every candidate which has been duly
filed. The clerks shall send copies of the original notices of candidacy, to
the secretary of the electoral board when they notify him. *