Check your existing registration and confirm that you are registered at your current address, find your polling location, or update your registration online at elections.virginia.gov before Oct. 15, 2024.

Click here to visit the Virginia Citizen Portal to register, update, or check your status >

Click here to learn more about voter eligibility in Virginia >

Qualifications for voter registration: US Citizen, resident of Virginia, and 18 years old on or before Election Day. Click here to learn more about voter eligibility in Virginia >

Voter registration deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 is the deadline to register to vote or update an existing registration. Learn more: elections.virginia.gov/registration

• NEW: Voters may register through Election Day using same-day registration and vote using a provisional ballot. Click here to learn more about same-day voter registration and provisional ballots >

Paper Registration: Click here to access a printable PDF Virginia Voter Registration Application >

• Not sure how to complete your paper voter registration form? Click here to learn more >

Online Registration: You may submit your registration and absentee ballot requests online, only if you have a Virginia DMV record:

• If you have a Virginia driver’s license, you can register online. Go to: elections.virginia.gov and use the secured Citizen Portal. It takes about 2 minutes to register online, you will need your Virginia driver’s license number. The last day to register or update your registration to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 5 General Election is Oct. 15 postmarked by mail or in person by 5:00 p.m., or online by 11:59 p.m.
• If you don’t have a Virginia driver’s license, go to elections.virginia.gov to fill in the registration form, print it, sign it, and send it to the Department of Elections by mail. Your registration form must be postmarked by Oct.15, 2024.

Students living on Mason's Fairfax campus: You may register to vote from your campus address (see tab below for more info). You will need to change this voting address when you move.

Visit vote.gov and select your home state or territory to access local voter registration deadlines, forms, and information.

Virginia voters may register through Election Day and vote using a provisional ballot. Click here to learn more about same-day voter registration and provisional ballots >

Provisional ballots are used by voters who do not appear on the list of registered voters at their polling location. Provisional ballots are not processed by a vote counting machine at the time of voting, but rather are subject to approval by the local electoral board prior to the ballot being counted.

In 2022, Virginia’s General Assembly passed legislation that allows Commonwealth voters to register at any time, up to and including Election Day, and vote using a provisional ballot. Previously, registration was closed during the 21 days before an election.

Only students registered at their current Fairfax on-campus address may vote at the University Precinct located in Merten Hall on Election Day. All other Mason students and faculty must vote at their registered home precincts, either inside Fairfax County, within the Commonwealth, or in their home state.

When registering or updating your existing Virginia voter registration:

• Provide your current residence hall's physical building address (including your residence hall name and room number) as your RESIDENCE (Question #2) on the voter registration application, AND provide your Hub mailing address (4450 Rivanna River Way, PMB #, Fairfax, VA 22030) as your MAILING ADDRESS (Question #4) on the voter registration application.

Don't know the physical address of your residence hall? Click here to find it on the list >

Same-day voter registration: Students who live on the Fairfax campus but didn’t register by the deadline may utilize same-day registration and vote at Merten Hall on Election Day using a provisional ballot. Click here to learn more about same day voter registration and provisional ballots >

• Aquia Hall 336, 9am–4pm
• JC 228, 9am–4:30pm
• Piedmont Residential Desk, open 24/7
• Eisenhower Residential Desk, open 24/7
  

Mason has its own University Precinct for on-campus residents registered at their Fairfax on-campus address only, so you don’t have to leave campus to cast your ballot!

Polls are open 6:00am - 7:00pm. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Vote in the November General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Merten Hall (next to Panda Express).

ONLY students registered at their current Fairfax on-campus address may vote at the University Precinct located in Merten Hall on Election Day (see on-campus registration tab above for instructions). All other Fairfax County registered voters must vote at their home precincts.

Your George Mason University Student Photo ID is welcomed on Election Day! Vote using either your physical Mason ID card OR electronic Mason Mobile ID. However, you may not vote using a photo of your physical ID. Click here to learn more about acceptable voter ID in Virginia >

Photo ID is not necessary to vote. If you do not have a valid ID, you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying your identification.

Polls are open 6:00am - 7:00pm. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Non-Virginia Voters: Click here to find your local polling place by selecting your home state >

Virginia Voters: Click here to find your local polling place in VA >

Your George Mason University Student Photo ID is welcomed on Election Day! Vote using either your physical Mason ID card OR electronic Mason Mobile ID. However, you may not vote using a photo of your physical ID. Click here to learn more about acceptable voter ID in Virginia >

Photo ID is not necessary to vote. If you do not have a valid ID, you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying your identification.

VOTE EARLY! Check your home county’s Office of Elections website for specific locations and times. Mason's Fairfax campus is located in Fairfax County.

IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING: In-person early voting in Virginia begins 45 days before Election Day (Sept. 20 thru Nov. 2, 2024). Learn More: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee or fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/early-voting

All general registrar offices offer early voting. Some localities may offer early voting in additional locations.

Early in-person voting locations will be listed here as dates and times are confirmed: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/early-voting-office-locations

For all early voting and ballot dropbox information, contact your general registrar's office. Click here to look up your general registrar's office >

VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL: Beginning July 1, 2020, you do not need an excuse to vote absentee in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Learn more: fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/absentee-voting-mail or elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee

Request an absentee mail ballot securely online using the Citizen Portal: vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation

Find a paper form via the Virginia Board of Elections website: elections.virginia.gov/registration/voter-forms

For all early voting and ballot dropbox information, contact your general registrar's office. Click here to look up your general registrar's office >

Virginia Department of Elections: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/voter-rights

National Voting & Election Laws: usa.gov/voting-laws

American Civil Liberties Union: aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights

League of Women Voters: lwv.org/voting-rights

Any person, regardless of their disability status, has the right to register to vote at any office or agency that provides such a service. A person with cognitive disabilities can be eligible to register and vote if not adjudicated mentally incapacitated by a court of law.

Learn more: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/accessible-voting

If you are an absent military or overseas citizen eligible to vote in state and local elections, you may register to vote and submit an absentee ballot application electronically for a specific election or any elections up through the next year using the Virginia Department of Elections voter registration portal (elections.virginia.gov/citizen-portal).

Learn more about what's on your 2024 ballot in Virginia: elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/candidate-list