November 2023 Election: Voter Registration and Voting Information

We’ve gathered information from various sources to make it easy for you to vote in the November 2023 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 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:

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)

• Early Voting begins Friday September 22 and ends November 4 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 28, and Saturday, November 4, 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 (for Virginia’s voter ID policies see this overview and list of acceptable forms of ID)

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

• Go to your precinct polling location (to check where that is this year, go to the Virginia Voter Information Citizen Portal; remember than 40% of us have different polling locations than in previous years!).
• Bring your ID (see Virginia’s list of acceptable forms of ID).
• Same Day Registration (new as of 2023): If you’re not registered before Nov 7, 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, has had some very suspicious voter registration processing delays).

 

•  Request your Ballot
  • • Already-registered voters can apply online for a ballot until Oct 27 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 (Registrar’s 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 the last four digits of your Social Security Number and the year of your birth. Mailed-in ballots aren’t counted if they’re missing required information!

•  Submit your Ballot

You can submit your carefully completed ballot in two ways:

• Put your completed ballot in the 24/7 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 7 and received no later than Noon on Monday, November 13. Charlottesville is still having problems with slow US Postal mail delivery; if you must choose this mail option, it’s best to do it as soon as possible!

 

Restoration of Voting Rights

If you’ve been convicted of a felony, you must have your voting rights restored before registering to vote.

Scan the bottom QR code at the left to verify if your rights have been restored previously. If not, use this same site to request their restoration. Or use this link: https://cov-ror.azurewebsites.net/Search

 

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

 

Other Links

• How to Get Involved with the Cville Dems
• Upcoming Elections
• Map of Charlottesville Precincts and Polling Places

 

[updated 8/03/2023]

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