Source: http://ebenchbook.wm.edu/virginia/statutes/%C2%A7-24-2-801-1-petition-for-recount-of-election-for-presidential-electors-recount-court/
Timestamp: 2017-05-24 08:03:19
Document Index: 746925659

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 8', '§ 24', '§ 5']

eBenchBook | Virginia | § 24.2-801.1 Petition for recount of election for presidential electors; recount court
§ 24.2-801.1 Petition for recount of election for presidential electors; recount court
Overview of Statute This section outlines requirements for recount petitions but specifically for recount of election for presidential electors. It also designates the recount court.
The petition for a recount of an election for presidential electors shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on the second calendar day after the day the State Board certifies the result of the election under § 24.2-679, but not thereafter. Presidential candidates who anticipate the possibility of asking for a recount are encouraged to so notify the State Board by letter as soon as possible after election day. The petition shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. If any presidential candidate is eligible to seek a recount of the results of the election for presidential electors under § 24.2-800 the State Board shall, within 24 hours of the certification of the results, notify the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond and the Supreme Court of Virginia (i) that a recount is possible, (ii) which presidential candidate is eligible to seek a recount, and (iii) of the date the results were certified. The Circuit Court of the City of Richmond shall make arrangements to receive any such filing if the office would normally be closed the entire day, or prior to 5:00 p.m., on the second calendar day after the day the State Board certified the result of the election.
The petition shall set forth the results certified by the Board and shall request the court to have the ballots in the election recounted or, in the case of direct recording electronic machines, the vote redetermined.
A copy of the petition shall be served on the presidential candidate whose electors were apparently elected as provided under § 8.01-296 and within five calendar days after the Board has certified the results of such election.
As soon as a petition is filed, the chief judge of the Circuit Court shall promptly notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, who shall designate two other judges to sit with the chief judge, and the court shall be constituted and sit in all respects as a court appointed and sitting under § 24.2-805.
Any recount of an election for presidential electors shall be held promptly and completed, in accordance with the provisions of 3 U.S.C. § 5, at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors.
2003, c. 268; 2014, cc. 540, 576.
Presidential ElectorsRecountsPetitionsRecounts & Contests 1. Definition for State Board
2. Definition for Direct recording electronic machine