Virginia voters will go to the polls on Nov. 3, 2009 to chose their next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and local state delegate. Fairfax County voters 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, Sept. 18 to Oct. 13, Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Oct. 14 to Oct. 31, absentee voting will also be available 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.
Those that need to register to vote 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, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/citizen/ or www.sbe.virginia.gov/
The following races are going on in your area:
<b>Virginia Governor</b>
Creigh Deeds (D) - http://www.deedsforvirginia.com/
Bob McDonnell (R) - http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/
<b>Virginia Lt. Governor</b>
Bill Bolling (R) - http://www.billbolling.com/
Jody Wagner (D) - http://jodyforva.com/
<b>Virginia Attorney General</b>
Ken Cuccinelli (R) - http://www.cuccinelli.com/
Steve Shannon (D) - http://shannon2009.com/
<b>House of Delegates – 34th District</b>
Barbara Comstock (R) - http://comstockfordelegate.com/
Margi Vanderhye (D) - http://www.vanderhye.com/
* For information on who has donated money to these candidates, visit the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project at www.vpap.org.