Oak Hill and Herndon area voters will go to the polls on Nov. 3, 2009 to chose their next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and local state delegate. They will also have a local bond package on the ballot, in which they will be asked to pay for local school and county building projects.
On election day, polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Absentee voting can also be done at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday Sept. 18 to Oct. 13. From Oct. 14 to Oct. 31, absentee voting will also be available for longer hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, absentee voting will be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For those who need to register to vote, you must either do it in person at the Fairfax County Government Center by Oct. 5 or mail in a voter registration application that is postmarked by Oct. 5.
For more information, please visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/citizen/ or http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/
The following races are going on in your area:
Virginia Governor:
Creigh Deeds (D) - http://www.deedsforvirginia.com/
Bob McDonnell (R) - http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/
Virginia Lt. Governor:
Bill Bolling (R) - http://www.billbolling.com/
Jody Wagner (D) - http://jodyforva.com/
Virginia Attorney General:
Ken Cuccinelli (R) - http://www.cuccinelli.com/
Steve Shannon (D) - http://shannon2009.com/
House of Delegates – 86th District:
Stevens Miller (D) - http://www.stevensmiller.com/
Tom Rust (R) - http://www.tomrust.org/
House of Delegates – 34th District: ^
Barbara Comstock (R) - http://comstockfordelegate.com/
Margi Vanderhye (D) - http://www.vanderhye.com/
*If you want information on who has donated money to these candidates, please visit the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project at www.vpap.org.
^Only Herndon residents living in the Clearview and Sugarland precincts will vote in the 34th district delegate race. Most Herndon households are located in the House of Delegates’ 86th district.