Yes – but Virginia is really two layers of law working together, not one:
• Property Owners’ Association Act: §55.1-1832
• Condominium Act: §55.1-1935
• Condominium Act: §55.1-1953
The Property Owners’ Association Act and Condominium Act permit electronic voting, signatures, and notice by default, unless a community’s own declaration expressly prohibits it – and for condos, the executive board also has to adopt guidelines for electronic voting before unit owners can use it at a meeting. Most Virginia HOAs and condos are also incorporated as Virginia nonstock corporations, and the Nonstock Corporation Act has its own electronic-ballot provision (§13.1-847.1) that layers a board-authorization requirement on top.
What Virginia Law Requires
Under the POAA and Condo Act, notices, signatures, votes, and approvals can all be handled electronically unless the declaration says otherwise. For condos specifically, the executive board also has to adopt guidelines for electronic voting before unit owners can use it at a meeting – unit owners can still vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot either way (§55.1-1953). If a vote is supposed to be by secret ballot, the electronic method has to actually protect the voter’s identity, or the association has to use a different method instead, and any owner who doesn’t have the capability or desire to participate electronically has to be offered a reasonable alternative, at the association’s expense. But because most associations are also Virginia nonstock corporations, §13.1-847.1 of the Nonstock Corporation Act adds a specific requirement for board elections conducted by written ballot: the board of directors has to authorize electronic transmission of that ballot before it counts, and the transmission has to include information showing it actually came from the member or their proxy. A revised version of this section takes effect January 1, 2027, so it’s worth a fresh look if your association’s election falls after that date.
Does Vote HOA Now’s Platform Conform?
Yes. The platform keeps a retained voting record and verifies that electronic ballots actually came from the member or their proxy, as the Nonstock Corporation Act requires. The platform can also run electronic ballots as anonymous votes if required.
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Vote HOA Now serves HOA and condo associations across Virginia. Our team includes former community managers and we’ve worked directly with attorneys across Virginia on exactly this kind of compliance question.
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