24.2-428.2 - Return of registered voter to active status.
§ 24.2-428.2. Return of registered voter to active status.
A registered voter shall be returned to active status from inactive statusif, during the period beginning on the date the voter was assigned toinactive status and ending on the day of the second general election forfederal office thereafter, the voter:
1. Notifies the general registrar of a change of address within the county orcity;
2. Responds to a confirmation notice with information that the votercontinues to reside at the registration address;
3. Votes or attempts to vote in a primary or a special or general electionand, if necessary, corrects the registration record; or
4. Transfers his registration to another county or city within theCommonwealth, pursuant to § 24.2-424 or subsection E of § 24.2-428.
If the registered voter fails to take such action on or before the day of thesecond general election for federal office after the voter was placed oninactive status, the general registrar shall cancel the person's voterregistration.
The general registrar shall post at the courthouse or have published in anewspaper of general circulation in his county or city a list of names ofpersons whose registration has been cancelled pursuant to this section. Heshall deliver or mail, obtaining a certificate of mailing, a certified copyof the list to the chairman of each political party in his county or city.
(1996, cc. 72, 73.)