Local Election Officials
In summary, your local General Registrar's duties include but are not limited to:
Maintaining the office of the General Registrar and establishing and maintaining additional public places for voter registration; Participating in programs to educate the general public concerning registration and encouraging registration by the general public; Providing the appropriate forms for applications to register and to obtain the information necessary to complete the applications; Accepting registration applications or requests for transfer or changes of address submitted for a resident of any other county or city in the Commonwealth; Preserving order at and in the vicinity of the place of registration; Maintaining the official registration records for his\her county or city; Verifying the accuracy of the pollbooks provided for each election by the State Board of Elections and making the pollbooks available to the precincts; Maintaining accurate and current registration records and complying with the requirements of the Code Of Virginia, Title 24.2 - ELECTIONS, for the transfer, inactivation, and cancellation of voter registrations; review any petition required by political parties in its nomination process to determine whether those signing the petition are registered voters with active status.