Question 3

BALLOT LANGUAGE

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? 

ENDORSEMENTS

Yes

Virginia League of Conservation Voters PAC (Liberal)

New Virginia Majority (Liberal)

Abigail Spanberger (Liberal)

David Reid (Liberal)

Joshua Cole (Liberal)

No

Mark Peake (Conservative)

Terry Kilgore (Conservative)

Virginia Republican Party (Conservative)

C. Todd Gilbert (Conservative)

Paul Milde III (Conservative)

FINANCIAL BACKING

The following information provides insight into the money being spent to pass or defeat the ballot measure.

Yes

VIRGINIA QUESTION 3, VOTING RIGHTS RESTORATION FOR FELONS UPON RELEASE AMENDMENT (2026)

The question is on the ballot in Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026.

Committees formed to support Virginia Question 3, Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Upon Release Amendment (2026) are:

VIRGINIANS FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Selected contributions to "Virginians for the Right to Vote" include:

  • New Virginia Majority
  • League of Conservation Voters
  • Underground to Uplift

No

VIRGINIA QUESTION 3, VOTING RIGHTS RESTORATION FOR FELONS UPON RELEASE AMENDMENT (2026)

This question is on the ballot in Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2026. As of September 14, 2026, no committee to oppose the amendment has been identified.  Thus, there is no record of funds raised to oppose the Amendment.

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