Absentee Voting Opens in Alexandria Friday

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The statewide primary election is June 13, but Alexandria residents can begin absentee voting Friday, April 28.

This includes voters who are:

• Away for personal business, work, vacation, active military service or at school
• Working and commute for 11 or more hours, between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on June 13
• Physically unable to go to the polls because of an illness or disability
• Caregivers for disabled or ill family members
• First responders

See a full list of eligibility for absentee voting online.

In-person absentee voting is conducted at the Voter Registrations and Elections, (132 N. Royal St., Suite 100) and runs through June 10. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed for Memorial Day) and Saturdays, June 3 and 10, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. There will be extended hours through 8 p.m. on May 31, June 1 and June 6.

Voters can apply for an absentee ballot by June 6 and return the ballot by June 13. Photo identification is required by Virginia law for in-person absentee voters.

The voter registration deadline for the primary is May 22.

The candidates for the primary elections are as follows:

Governor

• Ralph Northam (D)
• Tom Perriello (D)
• Ed Gillespie (R)
• Corey Stewart (R)
• Frank Wagner (R)

Lieutenant Governor

• Justin Fairfax (D)
• Gene Rossi (D)
• Susan Platt (D)
• Bryce Reeves (R)
• Glenn Davis, Jr. (R)
• Jill Vogel (R)

There are no state Senate elections this year, and Dels. Mark Levine Charniele Herring (D) is unopposed in the primary.

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