How this guide is made

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

The wording of each question is copied word for word from the Department of Elections' official brochure of proposed constitutional amendments. The "what your vote means" lines and plain-words summaries are ours, and each line links to its source.

Candidates

The list of races and candidates is the Department of Elections' official candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general and special election (revised Oct. 6, 2026) ↗, in the ballot order of the Department's candidate list (your ballot may differ), with names as they appear on the ballot. Where a candidate lives is the city on their campaign address in the Department of Elections' candidate list; we leave it out when only a P.O. box was given. Each profile lists checkable facts with links to where they came from, the candidate's own stated priorities clearly labeled as theirs, and links to official records and campaign finance filings. We don't rate candidates, list endorsements, or publish polling.

Counties and local questions

County pages list every county office, district judge and city race we have. We have not collected local questions for this state yet. Wording for local questions is quoted only from official sources and marked "wording to come" where we don't have it yet.

Districts

District lines on the map come from U.S. Census Bureau files of the Supreme Court of Virginia's 2021 House of Delegates map (only District 20 has a race this year). Your sample ballot is the final word.