Virginia Covid Legal Information

We drew these resources principally from Justin Levitt's list of COVID-19 election cases, Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, and the National Center for State Legislatures' COVID-19 and 2020 Primary Elections page.

Litigation Tracker

Executive Actions

  • Governor Northam Announces Plans to Postpone Upcoming Virginia Elections in Response to COVID-19

    Topics

    Election Postponement

    Date Filed

    08/04/2020

    Description

    Virginia's Governor announced that he will delay the June 9 state primary election to June 23. The Governor also asked the legislature to move elections scheduled in May to November 3.

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  • Absentee and Early Voting

    Topics

    Absentee Voting; Excuse Requirements

    Description

    Virginia’s State Department of Elections has clarified that concerns related to COVID-19 will qualify as an excuse to request an absentee ballot for upcoming elections.

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Legislative Actions