                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

QUALIFIED VOTER PERMITTED TO VOTE; PROCEDURES AT POLLING PLACE; VOTER
IDENTIFICATION (§ 24.2-643)

A. After the polls are open, each qualified voter at a precinct shall be
permitted to vote. The officers of election shall ascertain that a person
offering to vote is a qualified voter before admitting him to the voting booth
and furnishing an official ballot to him.

B. An officer of election shall ask the voter for his full name and current
residence address and the voter may give such information orally or in writing.
The officer of election shall verify with the voter his full name and address
and shall repeat, in a voice audible to party and candidate representatives
present, the full name provided by the voter. The officer shall ask the voter to
present any one of the following forms of identification: (i) his voter
confirmation documents; (ii) his valid Virginia driver&#8217;s license, his
valid United States passport, or any other identification issued by the
Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States, other
than a driver privilege card issued under &#xA7; 46.2-328.3 or an identification
privilege card issued under &#xA7; 46.2-345.3; (iii) any valid student
identification card issued by any institution of higher education located in the
Commonwealth or any private school located in the Commonwealth; (iv) any valid
student identification card containing a photograph of the voter and issued by
any institution of higher education located in any other state or territory of
the United States; (v) any valid employee identification card containing a
photograph of the voter and issued by an employer of the voter in the ordinary
course of the employer&#8217;s business; or (vi) a copy of a current utility
bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document
containing the name and address of the voter. The expiration date on a Virginia
driver&#8217;s license shall not be considered when determining the validity of
the driver&#8217;s license offered for purposes of this section.
			Except as provided in subsection E, any voter who does not show one of the
forms of identification specified in this subsection shall be allowed to vote
after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements
pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-1016, that he is the named registered voter he claims to
be. A voter who requires assistance in voting by reason of a physical disability
or an inability to read or write, and who requests assistance pursuant to &#xA7;
24.2-649, may be assisted in preparation of this statement in accordance with
that section. The provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-649 regarding voters who are unable
to sign shall be followed when assisting a voter in completing this statement. A
voter who does not show one of the forms of identification specified in this
subsection and does not sign this statement shall be offered a provisional
ballot under the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-653. The State Board of Elections
shall provide an ID-ONLY provisional ballot envelope that requires no follow-up
action by the registrar or electoral board other than matching submitted
identification documents from the voter for the electoral board to make a
determination on whether to count the ballot.
			If the voter presents one of the forms of identification listed above, if his
name is found on the pollbook in a form identical to or substantially similar to
the name on the presented form of identification and the name provided by the
voter, if he is qualified to vote in the election, and if no objection is made,
an officer shall enter, opposite the voter&#8217;s name on the pollbook, the
first or next consecutive number from the voter count form provided by the State
Board, or shall enter that the voter has voted if the pollbook is in electronic
form; an officer shall provide the voter with the official ballot; and another
officer shall admit him to the voting booth. Each voter whose name has been
marked on the pollbooks as present to vote and entitled to a ballot shall remain
in the presence of the officers of election in the polling place until he has
voted. If a line of voters who have been marked on the pollbooks as present to
vote forms to await entry to the voting booths, the line shall not be permitted
to extend outside of the room containing the voting booths and shall remain
under observation by the officers of election.
			A voter may be accompanied into the voting booth by his child age 15 or
younger.

C. If the current residence address provided by the voter is different from the
address shown on the pollbook, the officer of election shall furnish the voter
with a change of address form prescribed by the State Board. Upon its
completion, the voter shall sign the prescribed form, subject to felony
penalties for making false statements pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-1016, which the
officer of election shall then place in an envelope provided for such forms for
transmission to the general registrar who shall then transfer or cancel the
registration of such voter pursuant to Chapter 4 (&#xA7; 24.2-400 et seq.).

D. At the time the voter is asked his full name and current residence address,
the officer of election shall ask any voter for whom the pollbook indicates that
an identification number other than a social security number is recorded on the
Virginia voter registration system if he presently has a social security number.
If the voter is able to provide his social security number, he shall be
furnished with a voter registration form prescribed by the State Board to update
his registration information. Upon its completion, the form shall be placed by
the officer of election in an envelope provided for such forms for transmission
to the general registrar. Any social security numbers so provided shall be
entered by the general registrar in the voter&#8217;s record on the voter
registration system.

E. This subsection shall apply in the case of any individual who is required by
subparagraph (b) of 52 U.S.C. &#xA7; 21083 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
to show identification the first time he votes in a federal election in the
state. At such election, such individual shall present (i) a current and valid
photo identification or (ii) a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement,
government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and
address of the voter. Such individual who desires to vote in person but does not
show one of the forms of identification specified in this subsection shall be
offered a provisional ballot under the provisions of &#xA7; 24.2-653. The
identification requirements of subsection B of this section and subsection A of
&#xA7; 24.2-653 shall not apply to such voter at such election. The Department
of Elections shall provide instructions to the electoral boards for the handling
and counting of such provisional ballots pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7;
24.2-653 and this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-244, 24-245, 24-248, 24-252, 24-308; 1952, c. 581;
1962, c. 536; 1964, c. 593; 1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-125, 24.1-126, 24.1-129,
24.1-218; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247; 1973, c. 30; 1975, c. 515; 1978, c. 778;
1981, c. 425; 1982, c. 650, § 24.1-126.1; 1984, c. 234; 1985, cc. 197, 458;
1987, c. 349; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 716; 1996, cc. 72, 73; 1999, c. 725; 2000,
cc. 366, 451; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, c. 410; 2005, cc. 496, 539; 2011, cc. 427,
458; 2012, cc. 723, 838, 839; 2013, cc. 725, 746; 2015, cc. 134, 571; 2016, c.
399; 2020, cc. 296, 1064, 1065, 1154, 1227, 1246; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 544.