The Virginia General Election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. But, you don’t need to wait until Election Day to vote to keep marijuana legal in Virginia. Here’s how you can take action right now.
First, check your voter registration. Once you have confirmed that you are registered to vote, find your polling location and make your plan to vote.
Early voting at your local registrar's office begins Friday, September 20, 2024.
- Deadline to register to vote, or update an existing registration is October 15, 2024. Voters may register after this date, through Election Day, and vote using a provisional ballot.
- Deadline to apply for a ballot to be mailed to you is October 25, 2024. Your request must be received by your local voter registration office by 5PM.
- Voter registration offices open for early voting: Saturday, October 26, 2024.
- The last day of in-person early voting at your local voter registration office is Saturday, November 2, 2024 until 5PM.
Not sure you can make it to the polls in person? Request your absentee ballot now to vote by mail. Complete and return your ballot to your local general registrar's office by 7PM on Election Day. If you are returning your ballot by mail, it must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by your general registrar's office by noon on the third day following the election.
Next, check NORML's Smoke the Vote voter guide before casting your ballot so you'll know where the candidates stand on legalization and cannabis consumers' rights. See where the local candidates stand on cannabis policy in Virginia NORML's local voter guide.
Running for office? Answer the Virginia NORML Candidate Survey.
Incumbent candidates are graded according to their voting history and + may only be earned by bill patronage. Vote abstentions are counted as no votes.
A+ Adult-use bill patron/copatron
A Voted in favor of adult-use bills, decriminalization, and all medical bills
B+ Decriminalization bill and medical bill patron, and voted in favor of all medical bills, no active opposition to adult-use
B Decriminalization bill patron, votes in favor of all medical bills, no active opposition to adult-use bills
C+ Medical bill patron, voted in favor of decriminalization all medical bills, voted against legalization bills
C Voted in favor of decriminalization and all medical bills, voted against legalization bills
D Voted in favor of some medical bills, voted against decriminalization and adult-use bills
F Voted against adult-use, decriminalization, medical cannabis bills, and/or actively opposes to cannabis bills
Non-incumbent candidates are graded according to their candidate survey submission, public statements, and/or published policy positions.
A Supports a legal and regulated cannabis market and expunging past convictions, and maintaining a legal and regulated medical cannabis market
B Supports maintaining decriminalization, expunging past convictions, and maintaining a legal and regulated medical cannabis market
C Supports maintaining decriminalization and maintaining a legal and regulated medical cannabis market
D Supports maintaining medical allowances
F Does not support cannabis policies currently enacted in Virginia (legalization, expungement, decriminalization, and medical)