Virginia SB 263: Form of ballot; party identification of candidates.

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18100617D

SENATE BILL NO. 263 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 5, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 24.2-613 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to form of ballot; party identification of candidates. 
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Patron-- Suetterlein 

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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 24.2-613 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 24.2-613. Form of ballot.

A. The ballots shall comply with the requirements of this 
 title and the standards prescribed by the State Board.

B. For elections for 
 federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices only, each Except where the provisions of a local 
 charter provide to the contrary, each candidate who has 
 been nominated by a political party or in a primary election shall be 
 identified by the name of his political party. Independent candidates shall be 
 identified by the term "Independent." For the purpose of this 
 section, any Independent candidate may, by producing sufficient and appropriate 
 evidence of nomination by a "recognized political party" to the State 
 Board, have the term "Independent" on the ballot converted to that of 
 a "recognized political party" on the ballot and be treated on the 
 ballot in a manner consistent with the candidates nominated by political 
 parties. For the purpose of this section, a "recognized political 
 party" is defined as an organization that, for at least six months 
 preceding the filing of its nominee for the office, has had in continual 
 existence a state central committee composed of registered voters residing in 
 each congressional district of the Commonwealth, a party plan and bylaws, and a 
 duly elected state chairman and secretary. A letter from the state chairman of 
 a recognized political party certifying that a candidate is the nominee of that 
 party and also signed by such candidate accepting that nomination shall 
 constitute sufficient and appropriate evidence of nomination by a recognized 
 political party. The name of the political party, the name of the 
 "recognized political party," or term "Independent" may be 
 shown by an initial or abbreviation to meet ballot requirements.

C. Except as provided for primary elections, the State Board 
 shall determine by lot the order of the political parties, and the names of all 
 candidates for a particular office shall appear together in the order 
 determined for their parties. In an election district in which more than one 
 person is nominated by one political party for the same office, the candidates' 
 names shall appear alphabetically in their party groups under the name of the 
 office, with sufficient space between party groups to indicate them as s