• Summary of Legislation Impacting Administration of Elections in VA
• Election Calendar
• Lee District
• Sample Ballots 2010
• Elections in Virginia – Yearly
• Voter Registration (including application / verification)
• Absentee Voting, By Mail / In-Person (including application)
• More Information
• Lee District Precincts / Polling Locations
• Political Signs

Voter Information for Fairfax County, Lee District

Voting is your fundamental right as an American, and the most basic means by which you have a voice in how your government works. By voting, you participate in a process that determines who will represent you, your family, and your neighbors in your community, your state, and your country.

Other ballot issues as they may arise, such as referendum, bonds, etc.

Questions about voter registration or to help with, or organize, a voter registration drive contact us.

As long as you show up at the polls ON TIME, you cannot be turned away without voting on the machines or by casting a provisional ballot. Be sure you are at your correct precinct location.

Voters are supposed to present some form of identification when they come to vote. Acceptable forms of identification include:

• Virginia voter card, Virginia driver’s license, or Social Security card.
• Identification issued by the Government of the U.S., Virginia, or any County, City, or Town.
• An employer-issued ID with your photograph.

If you do not have an ID, you will be able to vote a provisional ballot after you sign a statement confirming your identity (you must be in the correct precinct). For more information, you may call the office of Voter Registration at 703.324.4735.

 ELECTION CALENDAR 2010

• November 2nd, 6:00 am – 7:00 pm – GENERAL ELECTION DAY 

2010 – 2019 Election Schedule by Office

LEE DISTRICT

All polling places will be open from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. Any eligible voter who is in line by 7:00 pm will be permitted to vote.Lee District is composed of 22 precincts (Bush Hill, Cameron, Clermont, Crestwood, Fairfield, Franconia, Garfield, Greenspring, Groveton, Hayfield, Huntley, Island Creek, Kingstowne, Lane, Lynbrook, Mount Eagle, Pioneer, Rose Hill, Van Dorn, Villages, Virginia Hills, Wilton).

• 8th District (Moran) = black
• 11th District (Connolly) = purple

Across these 22 precincts, Lee District is represented by two United States Congressional Districts (the 8th and 11th), three Virginia Senate Districts (the 30th, 36th and 39th), and four Virginia Delegate Districts (the 39th, 43rd, 44th and 45th). One precinct, Fairfield, is split by two Virginia Senate Districts (the 30th and 36th).

SAMPLE BALLOTS 2010

Sample ballots will be displayed as soon as they become available. 2010 is a Congressional election year. In Lee District we have two Congressional Districts, 8th (Jim Moran) and 11th (Gerry Connolly).

ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA - YEARLY

• Virginia has a General Election every year on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November
• Federal offices are elected in even-numbered years
• State and Local offices are elected in odd-numbered years
• If primaries are called by the political parties, they are held on the second Tuesday in June

Article One of the United States Constitution requires that any election for the U.S. President must occur on a single day throughout the country; elections for Congressional offices, however, can be held at different times. Congressional and presidential elections take place simultaneously every four years, and the intervening Congressional elections, which take place every two years, are called Midterm elections.

VOTER REGISTRATION

You may register to vote year-round except during the 21 days prior to a General or Primary election, 13 days prior to a Special election, or 6 days prior to a Special election called by the Governor (Code of Virginia §§ 24.2-416 – updated 1.1.2010).

• Verify that you are registered to vote, click here.
• Voter registration application, download and print (THEN mail). [updated 7.2009]

Alternate language voter registration forms (from the US Election Assistance Commisssion), click here.

Voter Registration Deadline

The final day of voter registration for the November 2nd General Election is Tuesday, October 12th, 2010.  (If you are already registered at your current address, you do not have to register again.)  In-person voter registration forms must be received in the Office of Election by 6 p.m. on October 12th, 2010.  Mail-in registration applications must be postmarked on or before October 12th, 2010.

In Person Registration

• M-F 8:00 am – 6:00 pm at the:
  • Fairfax County Office of Elections, Suite 323
    Fairfax County Governmental Center
    12000 Government Center Parkway
    Fairfax, VA 22035
    703.222.0776 phone

By Mail Registration

• Pick up a Virginia Voter Registration Application at the following sites:
  • Public libraries
  • Department of Motor Vehicles offices
  • Military recruitment offices
  • Public assistance agency offices
  • District Governmental Centers
  • Board of Supervisors Offices
  • Citizen Information Desk in the County Government Center lobby
  • Judicial Center information desk
• Mail the application to:
  • Fairfax County Office of Elections, Suite 323
    Fairfax County Governmental Center
    12000 Government Center Parkway
    Fairfax, VA 22035

PLEASE NOTE: Virginia law requires that those who register by mail, rather than in person, must vote in person the first time they vote.  

ABSENTEE VOTING, BY MAIL / IN-PERSON

By Mail

• Fairfax County absentee ballot application (PDF), download or interactive (print and mail).
• Tuesday, October 26 - absentee ballot application (mail or fax) deadline
• Tuesday, November 2, 2010 7:00 pm - voted absentee ballot returned (mail only; all mailed absentee ballots MUST be received at the Office of Elections by the deadline in order to be counted)

In-Person

In person absentee voting can done at any one of the eight locations: the Fairfax County Governmental Center and the district government centers at Franconia, Mason, McLean, Mount Vernon, North County, Sully, and West Springfield.

• 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

Election Day History
Why it is the day it is. Election Day (the day that United States citizens cast their ballot to elect government officials) is the Tuesday on or after November 2nd. 

• November was selected because the harvest work was done.
• Tuesday was selected because many people had to travel the day before to reach the polling place. Since most people did not travel on Sunday for religious reasons, they did not want it to be on a Monday.
• Election Day was not to fall on November 1st because it is All Saints Day.
• Election Day was not to fall on the first of the month because many shop keepers did their books for the preceding month on the first. 

MORE INFORMATION 

• Fairfax County Office of Elections
  • The Electoral Board and The General Registrar
    Fairfax County Governmental Center
    12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 323
    Fairfax, VA 22035
    open for business weekdays, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
    Electoral Board, 703.324.4735, FAX: 703.324.4706
    General Registrar, 703.222.0776, FAX: 703.324.2205
    http://www.FairfaxCounty.gov/eb
• Virginia State Board of Elections
  • Suite 101, 200 North 9th Street
    Richmond, VA 23219-3485
    804.864.8901 Toll Free: 800.552.9745 FAX: 804.371.0194
    http://www.SBE.Virginia.gov

LEE DISTRICT PRECINCTS / POLLING LOCATIONS
For information about each district representative listed below, click here.

POLITICAL SIGNS

Political signs must comply with local ordinance, Chapter 9.5 of Title 24.2, Code of Virginia, and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) regulations. No sign shall be erected earlier than 75 days prior to nomination, election or referendum, AND all signs shall be removed within fifteen days after the announced results of the nomination, election or referendum.

To obtain information or to submit an application for a Fairfax County sign permit contact:

• Department of Planning and Zoning (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/)
  Zoning Enforcement Branch
  12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 829
  Fairfax, VA 22035
  703.324.1300