Arlington — Register to Vote
To vote on Election Day, you must be registered at your current address no later than Oct. 15, 2013. You can check your registration status online by visiting the State Board of Elections website at www.sbe.virginia.gov. There you can also download a voter registration form and mail or fax it to your elections office address.
Arlington Board of Elections, 703-228-3456, http://www.arlingtonva.us/vote, 2100 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 320, Arlington, 22201; FAX 703-228-3659; email voters@arlingtonva.us
State Board of Elections, 804-864-8901 Toll Free: 800-552-9745 FAX: 804-371-0194
email: info@sbe.virginia.gov; http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Index.html
Gubernatorial Debate
Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli and Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe will focus on the economy and other issues facing businesses in Northern Virginia, and will be aired live on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 7-8 p.m. on NBC4. Hosted by Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce at Capital One in McLean.
Vote
It will matter who is elected governor.
Editorial
Absentee voting has already begun; Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. If you’ve read this far, you care enough that voting is absolutely essential.
On the ballot:
Every Virginia voter will vote for governor; lieutenant governor; attorney general and their member of the House of Delegates.
At the top of the ticket, there are stark differences in the vision for Virginia held by the candidates of each party.
While almost all the coverage and advertising has focused on the significant negatives of the two major party candidates for governor, one of these two men will in fact be elected governor and serve as governor for the next four years. It will make a huge difference which one.
It shouldn’t take very much research for you to determine which candidate holds views closer to your own. What is critical is that you don’t let the negatives about personality or other details keep you from voting. It matters. Figure out which one is your candidate and get out and vote.
Also on the ballot in Fairfax County: sheriff, and the school bond.
Choose Your Own Election Day
From now until Saturday, Nov. 2, you can vote absentee in person for a variety of reasons, but you must sign a form affirming that you do qualify. Almost everyone with a job in Northern Virginia qualifies for one particular reason, however: your work plus commute time would be 11 hours or more between 6.a.m. and 7 p.m. on Election Day. Other reasons include planned travel, pregnancy, illness or disability, being a student out of area, and more. Voters can also vote absentee by mail.
It’s worth looking at the absentee ballot application online before going to vote absentee in person. http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/Files/Forms/VoterForms/ABApplication.pdf
In Arlington County, in-person absentee voting: Courthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd. suite 320, 8-5 Monday-Friday through Nov. 1; Saturday, Oct. 19, 8:30-5; Tuesday. Oct. 22, 8-7; Thursday, Oct. 24, 8-7; Saturday, Oct. 26, 8:30-5; Tuesday, Oct. 29; 8-7; Thursday, Oct 31, 8-7; Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:30-5.
For more on voting absentee-in-person in Arlington County, visit http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/voterregistration/voterregistrationabsenteevoting.aspx.