Absentee voting by mail requires an application that may or may not be received by the Electoral Board on time. The application might also get lost or rejected. If you can’t vote on Election Day, be sure to vote absentee, but especially vote absentee in person.

Absentee in person voting will take place beginning at the Fairfax County Government Center September 17, 2010, and then at any of seven satellite locations beginning October 18th. Residents of Fairfax County may vote at ANY one of these locations, even if it is not your home District (for a list of all of the satellite locations, click here).

• at the Fairfax County Office of Elections, Suite 323
  Fairfax County Governmental Center
  12000 Government Center Parkway
  Fairfax Virginia, 22035
  • September 17 – October 17
    Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
    (Office closed on Monday, October 11, 2010, for Columbus Day)
  • October 18 – October 30
    Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 7:30 pm
  • October 9, 16, 23, and 30
    Saturdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
• at the Franconia Governmental Center
  6121 Franconia Road
  Alexandria, VA 22310, map – click here
  • October 18 – October 30
    Monday-Friday, 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm
    Saturdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Absentee in person voting has the same requirements as voting by mail. You may vote absentee, either by mail or in person, if you are unable to go to the polls on Election Day because you …

• are a student or the spouse of a student attending a school outside Fairfax County
• will be away from Fairfax County on business
• will be working and commuting for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.
• will be away from Fairfax County on personal business or vacation
• are unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability
• are the primary caretaker of a confined family member
• have a religious obligation
• are confined awaiting trial
• are confined having been convicted of a misdemeanor
• are an election official
• are on active duty in the military outside Fairfax County
• are the spouse or dependent residing with a member of the military outside Fairfax County
• are an overseas citizen* whose most recent United States residence was in Fairfax County

*ATTENTION OVERSEAS CIVILIAN VOTERS
Virginia Election Law requires that a civilian who has voted by absentee ballot as a “Temporary Overseas Voter” must reregister when they return to Fairfax County. Civilians who fail to reregister, when they return from overseas to live in Fairfax County, will not be eligible to vote in the next election. Returning civilians must complete and mail in a Virginia Voter Registration Application before the registration books close for the next election.