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Official voter resources
Make your Virginia voting plan
Use Virginia's official election services to register, check same-day provisional registration, request and return an absentee ballot, plan early voting, review identification options, and find Election Day information.
October 23 is the deadline to register or update a record for a non-provisional ballot. In-person registration closes at 5 p.m. and online registration closes at 11:59 p.m. Voters may register in person after the deadline and cast a provisional ballot through Election Day.
Early in-person voting runs from September 18 through 5 p.m. on October 31. Election Day polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and anyone in line at 7 p.m. may vote. Voters may show an acceptable ID or sign an ID Confirmation Statement.
A mail-ballot request must reach the local registrar by 5 p.m. on October 23. Hand-delivered ballots are due by 7 p.m. on Election Day. A mailed ballot must be postmarked by Election Day and received by noon on November 6.
October 23registration deadline
September 18-October 31early in-person voting
October 23 at 5 p.m.mail-ballot request deadline
6 a.m. to 7 p.m.Election Day poll hours
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Early in-person voting begins
Early in-person voting begins at the general registrar's office and any locality-designated satellite locations. Confirm local hours before visiting.
Registration and mail-ballot request deadlines
In-person registration closes at 5 p.m. and online registration closes at 11:59 p.m. A mail-ballot request must reach the local registrar by 5 p.m. Same-day in-person registration remains available after this date with a provisional ballot.
Early in-person voting ends
This is the last day for regular early in-person voting. The official statewide deadline is 5 p.m.; confirm location hours with the local registrar.
General Election Day and absentee postmark deadline
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. may vote. Hand-delivered absentee ballots are due by 7 p.m., and mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before this date.
Mailed absentee ballot receipt deadline
A ballot mailed on or before Election Day must reach the local general registrar by noon on the third day after the election.
Check the current rule: Voters may show an acceptable form of identification or sign an ID Confirmation Statement. A voter who does neither may cast a provisional ballot and must provide acceptable identification or a signed statement by noon on the Friday after the election. Certain first-time federal voters who registered by mail have a separate federal identification rule. Same-day registrants vote provisionally.
On the ballot
3 statewide constitutional amendments
Virginia's official November candidate and referendum hub identifies three statewide constitutional amendments. The separate April redistricting referendum was voided by the Supreme Court of Virginia and is not one of these November questions.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 1: Reproductive freedomShould the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) protect the freedom to make personal decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care; (ii) protect doctors, nurses, and patients from being punished for these decisions; and (iii) allow for restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive?
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 2: MarriageShould the Constitution of Virginia be amended to (i) remove the ban on same-sex marriage; (ii) affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race; and (iii) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law?
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 3: Voting rightsShould the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, (ii) to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and (iii) to update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting?
Article VI, Section 7 of the Virginia Constitution provides that Supreme Court justices and judges of other courts of record are chosen by the General Assembly. The official November candidate list contains no statewide judicial election, so this guide counts zero statewide judicial candidate or retention items.
Use the Citizen Portal for address-specific details
Virginia's Citizen Portal provides registration, polling-place, district, absentee, and voter-record information. Use the official candidate and referendum lists to review the complete ballot for your address.
