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monwealth; valid college or university
student photo identification
card from an institution of
higher education located in Virginia;
valid student ID issued by a
public school or private school in
Virginia displaying a photo; employee
identification card containing
a photograph of the voter and
issued by an employer of the voter
in the ordinary course of the
employer’s business.
Any registered voter who does
not have one of the required forms
of identification can apply for a
free Virginia Voter Photo Identification
from any general registrar’s
office in the Commonwealth. Voters
applying for the Virginia Voter
Photo ID complete the Virginia
Voter Photo Identification Card
Application, have their picture
taken, and sign the digital signature
pad. Once the application is
processed, the card will be mailed
directly to the voter.
A voter who does not bring an
acceptable photo ID to the polls
will be offered a provisional ballot.
Provisional Ballot Process
for Voters Who Arrive
Without Identification
If you arrive at your polling
place on Election Day without an
acceptable form of photo identification,
don’t panic or give up. You
will be given the opportunity to
vote a provisional ballot. After
completing the provisional ballot,
the individual voting will be given
written instructions from the election
officials on how to submit a
copy of his/her identification so
that his/her vote can be counted.
A voter will have until noon on
the Friday following the election
to deliver a copy of the identification
to the local electoral board or
to appear in person to apply for a
Virginia Voter Photo ID Card. Voters
may submit a copy of their ID
via fax, email, in-person submission,
or through USPS or commercial
delivery service. Please note
that the copy of the ID must be
delivered to the electoral board by
noon on Friday, or the provisional
ballot cannot be counted.
Also by noon on Friday following
the election, the voter may
appear in-person in the office of
the general registrar, in the locality
in which the provisional ballot
was cast, and apply for a Virginia
Voter Photo ID Card. At the
completion of the application process,
the voter may request a Temporary
Identification Document.
This document may be provided
to the electoral board to suffice the
identification requirement.
Constitutional
Amendments
Two proposed Virginia Constitutional
Amendments will also be on
the ballot:
Ballot Question 1: Should Article
I of the Constitution of Virginia
be amended to prohibit any
agreement or combination between
an employer and a labor
union or labor organization
whereby (i) nonmembers of the
union or organization are denied
the right to work for the employer,
(ii) membership to the union or
organization is made a condition
of employment or continuation of
employment by such employer, or
(iii) the union or organization acquires
an employment monopoly
in any such enterprise?
The proposed amendment
places the provisions of Virginia’s
right to work law into the Constitution
of Virginia. While Virginia
law may be amended by any future
General Assembly, a constitutional
prohibition can only be
changed by a future constitutional
amendment approved by the voters.
Ballot Question 2: Shall the
Constitution of Virginia be
amended to allow the General Assembly
to provide an option to the
localities to exempt from taxation
the real property of the surviving
spouse of any law-enforcement
officer, firefighter, search and rescue
personnel, or emergency
medical services personnel who
was killed in the line of duty,
where the surviving spouse occupies
the real property as his or her
principal place of residence and
has not remarried?
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