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Hand-marked paper ballots tabulated by optical scanners statewide, with ballot-marking devices for accessibility; administered by the Department of Elections (ELECT) and the State Board of Elections with local registrars. Forty-five days of no-excuse early voting and no-excuse absentee are available. Campaign finance is in-title (Va. Code tit. 24.2, ch. 9.1–9.5). Foundational law: Code of Virginia Title 24.2 (Elections). Source: open-source Code of Virginia (UniCourt cic-code-va).
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Methodology Radar
Dimension Breakdown
EAdI23.5%
Election Administration Index
Accountability0%
Commission60%
Funding0%
Staff Training33%
Vendor Oversight0%
EAI64.3%
Electoral Access Index
Administration100%
Eligibility40%
Identification60%
Registration86%
Roll Integrity0%
Voter Assistance100%
Voting Methods50%
ECI44.4%
Election Campaign-Finance Index
Contributions33%
Disclosure80%
Enforcement50%
Foreign Source0%
Traceability50%
EDRI54.5%
Election Dispute Resolution Index
Contest40%
Recount88%
Timing25%
EVCI58.3%
Election Voter-Confidence Index
Ballot Info50%
Candidate50%
Notification75%
EII32.1%
Election Integrity Index
Citizen Verifiability13%
Custody Hardware50%
Post Election Audit56%
Software Verifiability0%
Transparency Observation0%
Vendor Independence25%
Voter Access86%
Primary Instruments
| Citation | Type | Title | Sections | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code of Virginia, Title 24.2 (Elections) | Code | Code of Virginia, Title 24.2 (Elections) | 501 | active |
Methodologies — Datapoint Drill-In
Each methodology card above takes you to Virginia's scoring detail for that methodology — every datapoint, with rationale and the exact statute that justifies the score.
For a single datapoint side-by-side across every jurisdiction, see e.g. /atlas/datapoint/1.1.