Commonwealth of Virginia
Voter Registration Information

Last day to register to vote for November 6 election is October 9.
Must register to vote 30 days before the election.
Can select party affiliation at the polls.

Can register to vote in person or obtain a mail-in application from:
County election office (see county election office list)
Division of motor vehicles offices
Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) offices
Medicaid offices
Food stamp offices
Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices
Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities

Obtain an online voter registration application at:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm

VIRGINIA ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in Virginia?

The following voters may vote by absentee ballot in any election in which they are qualified to vote:

1. Any person who, in the regular and orderly course of his/her business, profession, or occupation or while on personal business or vacation, will be absent from the county or city in which he/she is entitled to vote;
2. Any person who is (i) a member of a uniformed service of the United States who is on active duty, or (ii) a member of the merchant marine of the United States, or (iii) regularly employed in a business, profession or occupation outside the continental limits of the United States, or (iv) the spouse or dependent residing with any person listed in (i), (ii), or (iii), and who will be absent on the day of the election from the county or city in which he/she is entitled to vote;
3. Any student attending a school or institution of learning, or his/her spouse, who will be absent on the day of election from the county or city in which he/she is entitled to vote;
4. Any person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of election because of a physical disability or physical illness;
5. Any person who is confined while awaiting trial or for having been convicted of a misdemeanor, provided that the trial or release date is scheduled on or after the third day preceding the election. Any person who is awaiting trial and is a resident of the county or city where he/she is confined shall, on his/her request, be taken to the polls to vote on election day if the trial date is postponed and he/she did not have an opportunity to vote absentee;
6. Any person who is a member of an electoral board, registrar, officer of election, or custodian of voting equipment;
7. Any duly registered person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of the election because he/she is primarily and personally responsible for the care of an ill or disabled family member who is confined at home; or
8. Any duly registered person who is unable to go in person to the polls on the day of the election because of an obligation occasioned by his/her religion.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

The Virginia Absentee Ballot Application is available for download from the Secretary of State's web site (http://www.sbe.state.va.us/) in a PDF format. Voters can print the application form, complete it, and either mail or fax it to their local general registrar's office. Virginia law requires signatures of both the absentee applicant and the person witnessing the application. Email submissions are not accepted.

Voters can also can contact their local Voter Registration Office to request an absentee ballot application. Applications can be returned to the local voter registration office either by mail or fax. The absentee ballot application must be received in the local Voter Registration Office by the Thursday before election day.

Applications for absentee ballots may be completed using one of the following two methods:

1) In Person: An application completed in person shall be made not less than three days prior to the election in which the applicant wishes to vote absentee and completed only in the office of the general registrar. The applicant shall sign the application in the presence of a registrar or the secretary of the electoral board. Absentee voting in person begins approximately 45 days before a November General Election and approximately 30 days before other elections and ends at 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday before the election.

2) By mail, electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device: Applications may be made by mailed or faxed to the general registrar (or the office of the State Board of Elections if the local general registrar does not have a fax). The application shall be made to the appropriate registrar not less than five days prior to the election in which the applicant would like to vote.

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

Completed ballots must be received in the general registrar's office by 7:00 p.m. Election Day to be counted.

Other Information on Absentee Voting in Virginia

In general , a voter must complete a separate absentee ballot application for each election in he/she intends to vote absentee. However, a voter may file, at any time during the calendar year, a single application (on a Federal Post Card Application) to receive ballots for all elections in which he/she is eligible to vote absentee during the calendar year and if he/she is:
(i) A member of a uniformed service of the United States on active duty, or
(ii) A member of the merchant marine of the United States, or
(iii) Regularly employed in a business, profession or occupation outside the continental limits of the United States, or
(iv) The spouse or dependent residing with any person listed in (i), (ii), or (iii) above.

Source:
VA State Board of Elections
200 North 9th Street, Suite 101
Richmond, VA 23219-3485
P: (804)786-6551
F: (804)371-0194
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/
 

Virginia Voter Registration Information:
Virginia Local Election Offices:

ACCOMACK
ALBEMARLE
ALEXANDRIA
ALLEGHANY
AMELIA
AMHERST
APPOMATTOX
ARLINGTON
AUGUSTA
BATH
BEDFORD
BLAND
BOTETOURT
BRISTOL
BRUNSWICK
BUCHANAN
BUCKINGHAM
BUENA VISTA
CAMPBELL
CAROLINE
CARROLL
CHARLES CITY
CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTESVILLE
CHESAPEAKE
CHESTERFIELD
CLARKE
COLONIAL HEIGHTS
COVINGTON
CRAIG
CULPEPER
CUMBERLAND
DANVILLE
DICKENSON
DINWIDDIE
EMPORIA
ESSEX
FAIRFAX
FALLS CHURCH
FAUQUIER
FLOYD
FLUVANNA
FRANKLIN
FREDERICK
FREDERICKSBURG
GALAX
GILES
GLOUCESTER
GOOCHLAND
GRAYSON
GREENE
GREENSVILLE
HALIFAX
HAMPTON
HANOVER
HARRISONBURG
HENRICO
HENRY
HIGHLAND
HOPEWELL
ISLE OF WIGHT
JAMES CITY
KING AND QUEEN
KING GEORGE
KING WILLIAM
LANCASTER
LEE
LEXINGTON
LOUDOUN
LOUISA
LUNENBURG
LYNCHBURG
MADISON
MANASSAS
MANASSAS PARK
MARTINSVILLE
MATHEWS
MECKLENBURG
MIDDLESEX
MONTGOMERY
NELSON
NEW KENT
NEWPORT NEWS
NORFOLK
NORTHAMPTON
NORTHUMBERLAND
NORTON
NOTTOWAY
ORANGE
PAGE
PATRICK
PETERSBURG
PITTSYLVANIA
POQUOSON
PORTSMOUTH
POWHATAN
PRINCE EDWARD
PRINCE GEORGE
PRINCE WILLIAM
PULASKI
RADFORD
RAPPAHANNOCK
RICHMOND
ROANOKE
ROCKBRIDGE
ROCKINGHAM
RUSSELL
SALEM
SCOTT
SHENANDOAH
SMYTH
SOUTHAMPTON
SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD
STAUNTON
SUFFOLK
SURRY
SUSSEX
TAZEWELL
VIRGINIA BEACH
WARREN
WASHINGTON
WAYNESBORO
WESTMORELAND
WILLIAMSBURG
WINCHESTER
WISE
WYTHE
YORK


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