Voter Registration and Election Office

The following links should answer the question “How do you…?”

• Find important dates/deadlines for the next election

• Register to vote

• Update your registration (name or address changes)

• Cancel your registration

• Locate your polling place

• See the list of acceptable IDs for voting

• Complete an absentee ballot application form

• Find information for military and overseas voters (100-day notice for military & overseas voters)

• Apply to become an election officer

• Learn how to become a candidate for elected office

• See election results from previous elections

Using the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal, you may also register to vote, check your voting history, update your current registration, apply for a mail absentee ballot, and/or find your polling place.

If you have submitted an absentee ballot application for a ballot to be sent by mail, you can track the status of your ballot by visiting Virginia's Absentee Ballot Tracking System.

For other questions, please contact us.