Sunday, October 12, 2008
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SB588: Preservation of order at elections; law-enforcement officer to maintain order at polling place.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 24.2-606 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 24.2-606. Preservation of order at elections.
The officers of election local
electoral board or general registrar, with the consent of the
chief law-enforcement officer for the county or city, may designate a
law-enforcement officer who shall attend at the polling place and preserve
order inside and outside the polling place. If no law-enforcement
officer is in attendance, the officers of election may appoint, in writing, one
or more persons specially, who shall have all the powers of a law-enforcement
officer in the polling place and within the prohibited area prescribed by §
24.2-604.
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