Virginia · November 3, 2026 general election
Statewide ballot measures: what your vote means
For each measure: the official ballot title, what a YES vote and a NO vote would do, and what would change, in plain language from official sources. SaveYourState does not take positions on ballot measures.
3 statewide measures are on the ballot. 2 have a “Heads up” note because a YES vote repeals, undoes, or removes something. Official sources checked October 26, 2026.
Question 1 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Reproductive freedom
A YES vote means:
The Virginia Bill of Rights would include a fundamental right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own reproductive care, with the state allowed to regulate abortion in the third trimester except when medically needed or when the fetus is not viable.
A NO vote means:
The constitution would not change; it currently does not explicitly provide a right to reproductive freedom.
Question 2 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Marriage
Heads up: voting YES on this measure removes the same-sex marriage ban currently in the Virginia Constitution.
A YES vote means:
The constitution’s ban on same-sex marriage would be replaced with a fundamental right to marry, and the state would have to recognize and treat equally any lawful marriage between two adults regardless of sex, gender, or race.
A NO vote means:
The ban on same-sex marriage stays in the constitution; the ban is unenforceable under the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision of the United States Supreme Court but would become enforceable if that decision were overturned.
Question 3 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Voting rights after a felony conviction
Heads up: voting YES on this measure removes the current rule that a felony conviction ends the right to vote unless the Governor restores it.
A YES vote means:
People convicted of a felony would lose the right to vote only while incarcerated and would get it back automatically on release, and a court would have to find that a person cannot understand the act of voting before taking away that right.
A NO vote means:
People convicted of a felony would continue to lose the right to vote for life unless the Governor restores it, and people found incapacitated by a court would continue to lose the right to vote.
Three constitutional amendments. Explanations follow the Department of Elections’ official “Present Law / Proposed Law” explanations.