As a Virginia Voter, you have the following rights:

• To be treated with courtesy and respect by the election officials.

• To be notified if your voter registration has been accepted or denied.

• To vote if you have registered at your current address at least 22 days before Election Day.

• To seek help from the election officials if you are unsure about anything relating to the voting process.

• To be given a demonstration of how the voting equipment works.

• To have your paper or optical scan ballot voided before it is cast and be given a new one if you want to change your vote.

• To change your touchscreen ballot before it is cast.

• To enter the full name of a write-in candidate if the candidate of your choice is not on the ballot (except in party primaries).

• To have a ballot brought to your vehicle instead of entering the polling place if you are 65 years of age or older, or if you are physically disabled.

• To have an officer of election or other person help you vote if you are physically disabled or unable to read or write (or need the ballot translated into another language). Blind voters may have any person assist them. Other voters may have anyone who is not their employer or union representative assist them.
  Note: The officer of election or other person who assists you must follow your instructions, without trying to influence your vote, and shall not tell or signal how you voted on any office or question.

• To vote a Provisional Ballot if your status as a qualified voter is in question or if you do not have an acceptable id, and to be present when the Electoral Board meets to determine if your ballot will be counted. Acceptable forms of id for voter identification include: 

  • Virginia voter registration card
  • Social Security Card
  • Valid Virginia driver’s license
  • Any other identification card issued by an agency of the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States
  • Any valid student identification card issued by a Virginia institution of higher education
  • A copy of a current utility bill
  • A copy of a bank statement
  • A government check
  • A paycheck that shows the name and address of the voter

• To bring your minor child (age 15 or younger) into the voting booth with you to observe you vote.

• To vote if you are in line by 7:00 p.m. when the polls close.

• To cast an absentee ballot if you are qualified to vote absentee.

• To register to vote absentee in Virginia if you are a U.S. Citizen overseas and your last residence in the U.S. was in Virginia, or you are a Virginia resident away in the military.

• You cannot be denied the right to vote if you are legally qualified to do so.

• Government officials must not apply standards or practices which deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race, and must not deny any individual the right to vote on account of errors or omissions in registration applications which are not material to determining whether such individual is qualified to vote. Officials must not apply different standards and procedures to voters in the same circumstances in determining whether they are qualified to vote.