CHAPTER 1

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-845.8, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the qualifications of candidates for office, so as
to provide for certain exceptions thereto.

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Approved September 5, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24-845.3, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 24-345.3. During the effective period of this chapter in order that
ballots may be printed in primary elections in ample time for the trans-
mission of same to absent members of the armed forces, and their return,
all declarations of candidacy required by Chapter 14 of this title to be filed
by candidates in primary elections shall be filed at least ninety days before
the primary, regardless of whether the candidacy is for an office filled by
election by the voters of the State at large or of a district, county, town
or city. The party chairman or other officers with whom such declarations
of candidacy are filed, in addition to certifying the names as now required
by law, shall, as provided by Chapter 8 of this title or other applicable
statute, also certify within seven days to the State Board of Elections
hereinafter referred to as Board the names of all primary candidates for
any of the offices embraced within the provisions of this chapter, who have
qualified to have their names on the official ballot, in all cases where more
than one candidate files such a declaration for the same office. During
the effective period of this chapter in order that ballots may be printed
in ample time for the transmission of same to absent members of the
armed forces overseas, and their return, al] political parties desiring to
nominate candidates for members of the General Assembly, Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and all county and city officers
except mayor and councilmen, shall make and complete their nominations
in the manner provided by law on or before the Tuesday after the second
Monday in July next preceding the election for such offices unless a second
primary be required in which event any party for which such second
primary is required shall complete its nominations on the fifth Tuesday
following the first primary, and for mayor and members of councils in
cities and towns on or before the first Tuesday in April next preceding
such election, and the proper authorities of each political party shall
certify the names of its candidates to the chairman of the electoral boards,
if required, and to the Board not later than ten days after said day. All
candidates for said offices other than party nominees shall file their
notices of candidacy and petitions, if same are required by Chapter 8 of
this title, within ten days after the Tuesday after the second Monday in
July unless a second primary be required, in which event any such candi-
date shall file his notice of candidacy and petition within ten days follow-
ing the day of such second primary, or within ten days after the first
Tuesday in April, as the case may be, with the Board, and also with the
clerk or other officer, when same is required by law. The name of no
candidate for any State or local office required by this section to be certified
to the Board whose name is not so certified, or whose notice of candidacy,
if the filing of such a notice is required by such chapter of the Code, is
not filed within the time required by this section, shall be printed on any
official ballot for said election, provided, that the provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to candidates for Board of Supervisors or other gov-
erning body of any county for the general election to be held on Tuesday
after the first Monday in November in the year nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, but such candidates shall file their notices of candidacy within
the time and manner prescribed by Chapter 8 of this title, and any such
candidate who has heretofore filed and meets the requirements of Chapter
8 of this title shall have his name placed upon the ballots.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.