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Voter Identification Requirement

Virginia Code § 24.2-643

All voters must show identification or must complete a form provided by the election officer in order to vote.

The identification may be one of the following:

    • A Virginia voter registration card
    • A social security card
    • A valid Virginia driver’s license
    • An identification card issued by a local, state, or federal governmental agency
    • An identification card with a photograph of the voter issued by his employer

    If you do not have identification, you may still vote. Simply fill out an affirmation form.

    Polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.

LEAVE YOUR MARK ON HISTORY . . . .VOTE!

Deloris Overton Short, General Registrar

 
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last updated November, 2007