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CHAPTER 206 An Act to amend and reenact § 19, as amended, of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which provided a charter for the City of Norfolk, relating to elections. [H 2322] Approved March 16, 2003

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19, as amended, of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19. Notice of Candidacy and Petition.

Candidates for the city council shall be qualified voters of the ward or superward from which they seek election. Such candidates, subject to the provisions of § 21 of this charter, shall file their notices of candidacy and their petitions in the manner provided by law. No candidate may seek election for more than one seat in an election. A sitting member of council who files his or her candidacy for election to a council seat other than reelection to his or her own seat and so appears on the ballot shall be deemed to have resigned his or her seat effective July 1 of the year in which the election is held whether or not he or she is elected to the new seat sought.