Virginia Proposed Constitutional Amendment Question 3 — Voting rights
Ballot measure · November 3, 2026
- What it does
- Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, (ii) to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and (iii) to update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting?
- A YES vote means
- The constitution would establish a fundamental right to vote, automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions upon release from incarceration, and narrow the mental-capacity disqualification.
- A NO vote means
- People with felony convictions would continue to need restoration of rights by the Governor, and the existing voter-qualification language would remain.
- Needed to pass
- A simple majority
- Put on the ballot by
- the Legislature
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