On January 14, U.S. District Court Judge M. Hannah Lauck issued a four-page order, saying she won’t at this time stop Virginia election officials from using a sign-in sheet at the polls that says voters choosing a Republican ballot are Republicans. However, there will be a provisional Republican ballot for voters who refuse to sign that sign-in sheet. If the court later decides that the sign-in statement is illegal, those provisional ballots would be counted.

The case is Parson v Alcorn, e.d., 3:16cv-13. The court order depends mostly on past judicial decisions that say parties have freedom of association to determine who votes in their primaries.

There is no such statement for voters choosing a Democratic presidential primary ballot.