After the races for Senate and Congress, your ballot asks whether to amend the Constitution of Virginia three times. Each amendment has already passed two separately elected General Assemblies, which is what Virginia requires before voters get the final say. If a majority votes yes, each one takes effect on January 1, 2027.

All three do the same kind of work. Each takes a freedom Virginians already have and writes it into the constitution, so that it no longer depends on a statute a future legislature could repeal, a court decision that could be overturned, or the judgment of a single governor.

Below is what each question does. Each page has the exact ballot language, the text of the amendment, and answers to the questions we hear most. Read them, and then vote yes, three times.