Chap. 146.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of Chapter 415 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1942, approved April 4, 194Z, relating to placing names of other
candidates on official ballots when certain candidates have died or withdrawn.

[H B 201}
Approved March 9, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section three of chapter four hundred fifteen of the Acts of
Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved April four, nineteen
hundred forty-two, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:
Section 3. Whenever any candidate of a political party who has
been nominated in any primary election or convention, or by any other
lawful means, dies or withdraws as a candidate at a time when it is too
late under the present general statutes for a candidate for the office in-
volved to qualify to have his name printed on the official ballot for. the
general election, it shall be permissible for any person who is otherwise
qualified to file the required notice or petition for his candidacy, or both
if required by general law, and, if same be filed with the proper official
at least twenty days before the day on which the election is to be held, the
electoral board or boards having charge of the printing of the ballots for
such election shall either (1) cause to be printed thereon the name of
every person so qualifying as provided in this section, or (2) if ballots
for said election have already been printed and contain the names of
candidates for other offices to be voted on at such election, any such
electoral board may in its discretion cause to be stricken therefrom the
title of the office involved, and the names of all candidates for such office
appearing thereon, and cause separate ballots to be printed for such of-
fice on which shall be printed the names of all candidates qualifying un-
der the provisions of this section.. If the candidate so dying or with-
drawing is a candidate for an office to which more than one person is to
be elected, and none of such candidates, prior to such death or with-
drawal, was opposed, then the ballots shall be so printed as to permit
the electors to vote separately for the remaining unopposed candidate or
candidates, and for such persons who filed notice of candidacy under the
provisions of this section. ,