Wrong Precinct Information Sent To Voters In 3 Prince William Towns

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Virginia Board of Elections sent out 31,000 mailers for the Nov. 8 general election to registered voters in Prince William and Fairfax counties that contained the wrong polling place information.

After the state completed its redistricting process earlier this year, the board of elections sent out 6 million notices to voters across the state, according to a statement released by Commissioner of Elections Susan Beals on Thursday.

"A second mailing of 31,000 sent to voters whose original notice did not include their town district number contained wrong polling place locations," Beals said in the release.

The towns of Clifton, Dumfries, Haymarket, Herndon, Occoquan, Quantico, and Vienna contained incorrect information, according to the release.

The 2022 general election will feature contests in the 7th and 10th Congressional Districts, as well as mayoral and town council races for Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico.

On election day, polls in Prince William County will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters should go to their assigned polling place. Find your assigned polling place here.

• Dumfries
• Haymarket
• Occoquan
• Quantico

CHECK YOUR STATUS
Redistricting is complete and your precinct may have changed from past years. Polling place and voting district information have been mailed to all voters. If you missed it, you can look it up here:

• Enter your voter information through the Virginia State Department of Elections.
• Or use the polling place map to look up your address and reference the Election Day polling place list.

If you need assistance, call the Prince William County Office of Elections at 703-792-6470.

EARLY VOTING
Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Weekdays: Open Monday - Friday
Weekend: Open only Saturday, Oct. 29, Sunday, Oct. 30, & Saturday Nov. 5 (until 5:00 pm on Saturdays)
Locations open Sept. 23 through Saturday, Nov. 5

• Office of Elections, 9250 Lee Ave
• DMV Woodbridge, 2731 Caton Hill Rd
• Haymarket Gainesville Library, 14870 Lightner Rd

Locations open Oct. 25 through Saturday, Nov. 5

• Brentsville Courthouse, 12229 Bristow Rd
• Dumfries Community Center, 17755 Main Street

Curbside Voting: Available for seniors and voters with disabilities at all in-person voting locations in designated parking spaces. Drive-thru voting is not available.

VOTE BY MAIL
Apply online or download the application to email, mail, fax, or drop off your application.
Deadline to Apply:
Friday, Oct. 28 at 5:00 pm
Return Your Ballot:
In person - By November 8 at 7:00 pm at any polling place or the Office of Elections (or any early voting location during the early voting period)
By mail - Postmarked by Tuesday, November 8 and received by Monday, November 14 at 12:00 pm

Ballot Tracking
To track your mail ballot, sign up for BallotTrax to receive email notifications or text updates when your ballot is mailed to you, when your ballot is received by the Office of Elections, and the status of your ballot after it is received.

On Thursday, the Fairfax County Democratic Committee shared a photo of one mailer sent to an address in Herndon that contained the following information:

Dear Voter,

Your recently received a notice from the Virginia Department of Elections of changes to your voter registration information due to the redistricting process. However, that notice did not include your town district information. Please find your town district information listed below.

Your Voting Location
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 1111 Old Lee HWY, Fairfax, VA 22031.

“It is disappointing that the Party now in charge of administering our elections is so woefully incompetent at managing something as simple as a voter information mailer," FCDC Chairman Bryan Graham said, in a release on Thursday. "Instead of gallivanting across the country for election conspiracy theorists, Governor Youngkin should be in the state he was elected to serve in order to lead his Administration in fulfilling their duties to the people of the Commonwealth."

Registrars in Prince William and Fairfax counties are sending out corrected notices to voters in the affected communities, according Beals. Voters were encouraged to visit the board of elections website to confirm their polling place.