Election Day In Fairfax County: Sample Ballot, Things To Know

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Election Day is Tuesday, and Virginians will head to the polls to choose their next governor in a tight race between Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie. In recent polls, Northam held a slim lead over Gillespie, who has closed the gap in the final weeks of the campaign.

Northam held a 3.3-point advantage over Gillespie, according to a RealClearPolitics aggregation of polls. Gillespie led by three points in one poll, was tied in two others, and Northam holds a small lead in five polls. Fox News reported Monday that Northam was up by five points.

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So how do you cast your vote Tuesday in Fairfax County? First, you need to find your polling place. Visit the Virginia Department of Elections website and enter your address. The site will then provide the name of the facility, the address, and the polling hours, as well as the contact for general registrar information.

So if you lived at Kingstowne Fire Station, you would vote at Hayfield Secondary School at 7630 Telegraph Road. The polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

Virginia law requires that all voters provide a form of photo identification at the polls. You may still be able to vote without one, but you'll have to cast a provisional ballot and will then have until noon on Friday, Nov. 10, to deliver a copy of identification to your locality's electoral board before the ballot will be counted.

Acceptable forms of ID include the following:

• Valid Virginia Driver's License or Identification Card
• Valid Virginia DMV issued Veteran's ID card
• Valid United States Passport
• Other government-issued photo identification cards (must be issued by US Government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth)
• Tribal enrollment or other tribal ID issued by one of 11 tribes recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Valid college or university student photo identification card (must be from an institution of higher education located in Virginia)
• Valid student ID issued by a public school or private school in Virginia displaying a photo
• Employee identification card containing a photograph of the voter and issued by an employer of the voter in the ordinary course of the employer's business

If you don't have any ID, you can get a free Virginia Voter Photo Identification from any general registrar's office in the state.

For more information, visit the Virginia Department of Elections website.

Below is a sample of what could be on your ballot, based on where you live.

Governor State of Virginia

• Ralph S. Northam, Democrat
• Edward W. /Ed/ Gillespie, Republican
• Clifford D. Hyra, Libertarian

Lieutenant Governor State of Virginia

• Justin E. Fairfax, Democrat
• Jill H. Vogel, Republican

Attorney General State of Virginia

• Mark R. Herring, Democrat
• John D. Adams, Republican

Member House of Delegates 43rd District

• Mark D. Sickles, Democrat

Referendum

Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue capital improvement bonds in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $315,000,000 for the purposes of providing funds, in addition to funds from school bonds previously authorized, to finance, including reimbursement to the County for temporary financing for, the costs of school improvements, including acquiring, building, expanding, and renovating properties, including new sites, new buildings or additions, renovations and improvements to existing buildings, and furnishings and equipment, for the Fairfax County public school system?

Patch's Dan Taylor and Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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