Virginia does not register voters by party. Voters will publicly declare their Party preference and that preference will be publicly recorded.

Tuesday 5 March 2024 (presumably): Virginia Primary. Hours 6:00a-7:00p EST (1100-0000 UTC). Delegate Binding: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

45 of 48 of Virginia's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's Virginia Presidential Primary.

33 district delegates, 3 from each of the 11 congressional districts, are to be allocated to the presidential contenders based on the primary results in each congressional district [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 1].

• If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 15% or more of the vote in a congressional district, that candidate receives all 3 delegates.
• Otherwise, if 2 or more candidates receive more than 15% of the vote, the highest vote getter receives 2 delegates and the next highest vote getter receives 1 delegate.
• Otherwise, the top 3 vote getters each receive 1 delegate.

12 (10 at-large, 2 bonus) delegates are bound to presidential contenders based on the primary results statewide [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 2].

• If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 15% or more of the vote statewide, that candidate receives all 12 delegates.
• Otherwise, if 2 or more candidates receive more than 15% of the vote, the delegates are distributed proportionally to those candidates receiving more than 15% of the statewide vote. (Here, the "total qualified vote" is the total number of votes cast to those candidates receiving more than 15% of the statewide vote.)
  • For each candidate, multiply [12 National Convention Delegates] by the number of votes received by that candidate, divide by [total qualified vote], and round to the nearest whole number.
  • If too few delegates are allocated due to rounding, the candidate closest to the rounding threshold receives an additional delegate.
  • If too many delegates are allocated due to rounding, the candidate furthest from the rounding threshold loses a delegate.
• The rules do not mention what happens should no candidate receive 15% or more of the vote.

The 3 RNC delegates, the Party Chair, the RNC Committeeman, and RNC Committeewoman, are not bound to any candidate [Amendment to Allocation and Binding. Section 3].

Primary

Congressional and At-Large National Convention delegates to are bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. Delegates are chosen off of lists submitted by the campaigns.