RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia State Board of Elections says about 450,000 voters in Virginia may lack the proper identification needed to cast a ballot in the November midterm elections.
A state law that took effect this year requires Virginia voters to some form of photo identification at their polling stations before they cast a vote.
Officials report driver's licenses are the most common form of ID in the state. And according to data from the state board, 457,931 voters in Virginia are without those.
Voters who lack such proof would be allowed to fill out provisional ballots, but election officials hope more people will obtain state ID cards or some other valid form of ID so that their votes could be more easily counted.
