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Yes, you can apply to vote absentee online or fill out this form and submit it by mail, email or fax. Your voter registration office must receive your application by 5 p.m. on Oct. 25.
The predecessor to ELECT, the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE), was founded in 1946 as a nonpolitical agency to ensure fairness and accuracy in the commonwealth's elections. The SBE promoted proper administration of election laws and voter registration. [3] In 2014, this process was further expanded with the creation of ELECT.
The 2023 Virginia elections took place on November 7, 2023. All 40 seats of the Virginia Senate and 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election, as are many local offices. Special elections also will take place during the year.
Voters do not register by party in Virginia, and Virginia conducts open primaries where any voter may cast a ballot for either party. Traditionally, political parties could choose which nomination method to use for each election, with the option to either participate in the state-run primary or conduct a party-run convention . [ 2 ]
Following Suhas Subramanyam's election to Virginia's 10th Congressional District, a special election is scheduled to be held on January 7, 2025 to replace his seat for Virginia's 32nd Senate district. [2] [3] Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on November 16, 2024. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Virginia has one of the most restrictive set of ballot access laws in the United States. [7] [8] According to the Code of Virginia subsection 24.2-101, without "major party" status for automatic ballot access in Virginia, minor party and independent candidates have to gather petition signatures to get on the ballot. For example, the requirement ...
In Virginia, the candidate behind when the final count is done can ask for a recount. If the margin is at or less than 0.5%, the state will pay for that recount.
Van Fleet is a reliable Republican voter, and Loudoun County still leaned decidedly red when she moved to Northern Virginia 18 years ago. The population was just shy of 90,000 then.