OK, so you're heading to the polls on Election Day. Here's some advice for what you can do while you’re there.
The day has finally arrived, and you're standing at the voting booth in your precinct on Election Day. You've just voted for the candidates of your choice, and you want to post a photo of it to social media.
Alexandria Registrar Angela Turner says go for it.
"Ballot selfies are allowed in Virginia," Turner says. "But other general photography in the polling place is restricted and limited to protect other voters' privacies."
What about a MAGA hat or a Biden pin? Jim Nix is secretary of the Charlottesville electoral board, and he says voters can wear anything they want.
"Now, our election officials are strictly forbidden from wearing anything political in nature. But the voters can wear what they wish as far as political statements on their clothing or buttons or anything like that. What they cannot do is any campaigning," he adds. "They can't promote any candidate once they cross the 40-foot line from the entrance to the polling place."
Click here for more about polling places and procedures from the Va. Dept. of Elections
Here's another thing you are allowed to do in the polling place: you can use your smartphone to text anyone you want or research the candidates. But election officials suggest you go ahead and google those constitutional amendments now, so you're not slowing down the line later.
This report, provided by Virginia Public Radio, was made possible with support from the Virginia Education Association.
