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Voter Registration and Voting Information for the November 2022 Midterm Election (updated 10/2022)

We’ve gathered information from various sources to make it easy for you to vote in the November 2022 midterm election; if you have questions not answered below, check the City of Charlottesville Office of Voter Registration and Elections (“Registrar’s Office” for short) website or phone them during office hours Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm, Thursdays until 7:00pm, at 434-970-3250.

PREPARE TO VOTE

If you need to register to vote, update your name or address or simply check your registration status, you have these options:

  • Go online to the Virginia Voter Information Citizen Portal
  • Register in-person at the Registrar’s Office, City Hall Annex, 120 7th St. NE, Room 142; from October 18 on, you can also vote by provisional ballot when you register there. 
  • Register at your Precinct polling place on Election Day (you’ll vote a provisional ballot).

Notes:

Voter Registration and Elections Office map with address, expanded hours, and phone number

  1. ID is not required to register to vote.
  2. A provisional ballot is one where election officials have a few extra days to verify your registration paperwork is all in order before your vote is counted.

VOTING OPTIONS (Early In-Person, Election Day In-Person, By Mail)

Early In-Person Voting (safest and best for our candidates, available now)

  • Early Voting is underway (began September 23rd, ends November 5th) at the Registrar’s Office (City Hall Annex,120 7th St. NE, Room 142)
    • Monday – Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm, (Thursdays until 7:00pm)
    • Saturday, October 29, and Saturday, November 5, from 8:30am – 5:00pm
  • Curbside voting from a car is available to anyone with a disability, limited mobility, or who is over age 65; just call 434-970-3250 when you arrive at the Registrar’s Office
  • Bring your ID (see Virginia’s list of acceptable forms of ID)

Election Day In-Person Voting (Tuesday November 8, 6am-7pm)

  • Go to your precinct polling location (to check where that is this year, go to the Virginia Voter Information Citizen Portal)
  • Bring your ID (see Virginia’s list of acceptable forms of ID)
  • NEW This Year: If you’re not registered before Nov 8, you can go to your precinct polling place to register to vote and submit a provisional ballot; your polling place is determined by where you live. To find your correct polling place, contact the Charlottesville Voter Registration Office at 434-970-3250 or go to iwillvote.com (but if you go to the wrong precinct, the pollworkers there will redirect you to the right precinct).

We recommend the other options above, as mail has been unreliable locally (and the State Board of Elections, under Republican Gov. Youngkin, is suddenly having very suspicious voter registration processing delays).

  •  Request your ballot
      • Already-registered voters can apply online for a ballot until Oct 28 at Virginia Voter Information Citizen Portal; given the slowness of the mail, apply as early as possible.
      • You can apply for a ballot at the Voter Registration Office (address above), but once you’re going to that office you may as well vote early in person and get it done right then and there!
      • The Registrar’s Office starts sending ballots about 45 days prior to an election. If you think you should have already received your ballot but haven’t (either because signed up for the permanent “absentee” ballot list or because you sent in your request a while ago), check Ballot Scout to see if there’s a problem.

Once your ballot arrives, carefully provide all the information required by the ballot, including a witness signature. Mailed-in ballots aren’t counted if they’re missing information!

  •  Submit your Ballot

You can submit your carefully completed ballot in two ways:

  • Put your completed ballot in the Ballot Drop Box outside the Voter Registration Office (or hand it to a clerk during office hours), or
  • Mail it in so it’s postmarked no later than Election Day November 8th and received no later than Noon on Friday, November 11. Charlottesville is still having problems with slow US Postal mail delivery; if you must choose this option, it’s best to do it as soon as possible!

Here are some helpful 2022 Democratic Party of Virginia informational posters on this year’s rules:

Thank you for voting: your vote is your voice!!

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Map of Charlottesville Precincts and Polling Places

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