Redistricting referendum 2026 — live updates and results

Curious how turnout at University-area precincts compares with 2025's results? We have an interactive chart displaying what turnout was like at the same time as last year. The chart will be updated throughout the day.

Voter turnout as of 9:00 a.m. is significantly lagging behind voter turnout from last year’s gubernatorial race at all four University-area precincts that The Cavalier Daily is following. In terms of in-person vote counts, Miller has seen 41 voters, Trailblazer has seen 58, Johnson has seen 157 and Slaughter has seen 46. Last November by this time, Miller had 80 voters, Trailblazer had 128, Johnson had 197 and Slaughter had 121. In total, this year’s turnout is just 57.4 percent of last year’s in-person turnout at this time.

Notably, because Tuesday is not a state Election Day holiday, the University continued to hold classes. In a typical general election, students would have the day off.

If you are not registered to vote in Charlottesville and you have yet to vote in another county or state, you can still register same-day at the polls. Look up your polling place on the Virginia Department of Elections website and show up there to fill out a provisional ballot. For more information, check out The Cavalier Daily's guide to voting as a student in the Charlottesville area from last year's elections. A University student ID is an acceptable form of identification in Virginia.

While the constitutional amendment has received a great deal of attention statewide, some University-area precincts are underperforming the statewide average of early votes when compared with turnout in the November 2025 election.

At the conclusion of early in-person voting on the constitutional amendment, three of the four precincts — Slaughter Recreation Center, Johnson and Trailblazer Elementary — were below average for their respective precincts, as of April 18, according to State Navigate. The voting location at the Miller Center in Albemarle County saw 444 early votes, or 101.1 percent of early voter totals in November 2025. The Slaughter Recreation Center in Albemarle County saw 216 early votes, while Charlottesville’s Johnson and Trailblazer elementary schools saw 499 and 230, respectively. That calculates to a respective 94.7 percent, 91.2 percent and 74.7 percent of the early vote totals from last November’s election. Miller and Slaughter are above the statewide benchmark, which is around 94.3 percent of November’s early vote.

Charlottesville City and Albemarle County are two strongholds for Democrats, and a big election day turnout in the Charlottesville area would likely be beneficial for the “Yes” side. Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) won nearly 90 percent of the vote in Charlottesville in her 15-point statewide win last November.

Today is election day — unofficially. Voters across the Commonwealth have been voting for weeks on whether to approve a Democrat-led plan to redraw the state's congressional maps before the midterm elections later this year. If enacted, Democrats could expand their advantage in the state's congressional delegations from a six to five majority to a 10 to one advantage.

Democrats argue they are simply responding to Republican efforts to redistrict first — starting in Texas last summer. Republicans have bashed the map as a partisan gerrymander intended to cement Democrats' advantage and win back the U.S. House. Recent polls from The Washington Post and State Navigate each showed the referendum passing by five points. A "Yes" vote indicates you support redrawing the maps, while a "No" vote opposes it.

The Cavalier Daily has you covered all day with live turnout updates at polling places around the city and county. Follow along here and on Instagram @cavalierdaily for live updates.