If You Have Moved

Updating Your Name or Address

Moving within the Commonwealth

Moving Outside of the Commonwealth

Updating Your Name or Address

To remain a qualified registered voter, the law requires you to notify your local registration office of any change in your name or address. This must be done before the registration books close for the next election. See Registration Deadlines for additional information on close of registration books. Changes cannot be made during the 28 day period before any general or primary election or during the 12 day period before a special election.

Moving within the Commonwealth

If you moved your residence from one precinct to another within the Commonwealth, you may vote in the precinct from which you have moved in the following November general election and any intervening election unless your registration has been transferred or cancelled. You may continue to vote in the precinct from which you have moved, for federal offices only, through the second general and intervening elections for federal office, provided that (i) you have moved your residence from one precinct to another in the same jurisdiction and the same congressional district; (ii) you have failed to respond to the confirmation of address notice mailed to you by the State Board of Elections or your local registration office (as provided in § 24.2-428 of the Code of Virginia); (iii) your registration has not been transferred or cancelled; and (iv) you have affirmed orally or in writing your new address before an officer of election at the polling place.

Moving Outside of the Commonwealth

Persons moving from the state within 30 days of a presidential election are entitled to vote in the precinct in which they were previously registered (immediately prior to moving) for presidential electors only.  You must mark your absentee ballot application with the words "APPLY FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ONLY" and indicate the date you moved from the precinct.  If returning to your old precinct to vote in person, you must tell the election official, before voting, that you have moved out of state within the 30 days prior to the election.  Whether voting by absentee ballot or in person, you will only be given the ballot for presidential and vice-presidential electors.