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SENATE BILL NO. 1111 Offered January 13, 2021 Prefiled December 15, 2020 A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-606 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; preservation of order at the polls; powers of officers of election. ---------- Patrons-- Spruill, Boysko and Locke ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

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, 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.