CHAPTER 542

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-290.8, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to electors for President and Vice President selected
by certain political groups.

[H 587]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24-290.3, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 24-290.3. Any group of qualified voters of not less than one thou-
sand in number, not constituting a political party as defined in § 24-290.2,
may have the names of electors selected by them, including one elector
residing in each Congressional district and two from the State at large,
printed upon the official ballot to be used in the election of electors for
President and Vice President by filing a petition so requesting with the
State Board of Elections not less than fifty days before said election. Said
petition, which shall be signed by said voters and the signatures to which
shall be witnessed by a person whose affidavit to that effect is attached to
said petition, shall set forth the names of the electors selected by such
voters, the party name under which they desire the electors so selected to
be listed on the ballot, and the names of the candidates for President and
Vice President for whom such electors are expected to vote in the Electoral
College. The party name selected by any such group of qualified voters shall
not pe identical with the name of any political party as defined in § 24-