Virginia Election Results 2026: Voting has ended

Virginia law requires every voter to provide an acceptable form of identification at the polls or to sign an ID Confirmation Statement. A Virginia DMV driver's license or ID may be used at any time, and Virginia law permits an expired DMV license to be used for voting; the Department of Elections publishes a chart of the other acceptable IDs. If you arrive without acceptable ID you can sign an ID Confirmation Statement affirming your identity and vote a regular ballot. If you do not sign the statement you may vote a provisional ballot, which counts only if you deliver a copy of an acceptable ID or a signed statement to the local electoral board by noon on the Friday following the election.

To register to vote in Virginia you must be a resident of Virginia (a person who has come to Virginia for temporary purposes and intends to return to another state is not considered a resident), be a U.S. citizen, be 18 years old, not be currently incarcerated for any felony conviction, not have been convicted of a disqualifying felony unless your voting rights have been restored, and not currently be deemed by a court to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. Any person who is 17 and will be 18 at the next general election may register in advance. Virginia also offers same-day registration during 2026 advance-voting and on Election Day.

Following a federal court order, the Department of Elections states that Virginians lose their voting rights only if convicted of certain 'common law felonies'; it lists the murder and manslaughter offenses in Va. Code §§ 18.2-32, 18.2-35 and 18.2-36 as the disqualifying offenses, and people convicted of those offenses may register only if the Governor restores their rights. A person convicted of any other felony is not disqualified: the right to register is restored automatically on release from incarceration. No one may register or vote while physically incarcerated for a felony conviction. Restoration-of-rights information is on the Secretary of the Commonwealth's site (restore.virginia.gov).