Redistricting in Fairfax County has resulted in new boundaries, new precincts, new poll locations. Please make sure who you are voting for and where you vote.

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• Election Calendar
• Lee District
• Sample Ballots 2011
• Elections in Virginia – Yearly
• Voter Registration (including application / verification)
• Absentee Voting, By Mail / In-Person (including application)
• More Information
• Lee District Precincts / Polling Locations
• Dos and Don’ts (Guidelines for Poll Workers) and What If’s — updated
• 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.

You are eligible to vote if you are …

• A citizen of the United States
• At least 18 years of age by the next general election
• A resident of Virginia

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. For acceptable forms of identification click here.

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 

• November 8th, 2011 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 23 precincts (Bush Hill, Cameron, Clermont, Crestwood, Fairfield, Franconia, Garfield, Greenspring, Groveton, Hayfield, Huntley, Hybla Valley, Island Creek, Kingstowne, Lane, Lynbrook, Mount Eagle, Pioneer, Pinewood, Rose Hill, Van Dorn, Villages, Virginia Hills).

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

Across these 23 precincts, Lee District is represented by two United States Congressional Districts (the 8th and 11th), four Virginia Senate Districts (the 30th, 35th, 36th and 39th), and three Virginia Delegate Districts (the 39th, 43rd, and 44th).

SAMPLE BALLOTS 2011

2011 is a year with 13 races on the ballot in Lee District, so sample ballots are VERY important.

Sample ballots are now available for both touch screen (aka DRE – direct recording electronic voting machine) and paper ballots (aka OS – optical scan voting machine). The sample ballots are organized by precinct (poll) location (be sure to check where you vote, click here).

View the sample ballots for Lee District, click here (PDF, Adobe Reader needed to view; free download, click here).

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 [SPECIAL NOTE 2011: because of redistricting the primary this year will NOT be in June it will be August 23rd.]

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). If you are already registered at your current address, you do not have to register again.

• Verify that you are registered to vote, click here.
• Voter registration application, download and print (THEN mail). [form last updated 2.2010]

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 8th General Election is Monday, October 17, 2011. In-person voter registration forms must be received in the Office of Election by 6 p.m. on October 17, 2011. Mail-in registration applications must be postmarked on or before October 17, 2011.

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

Section 24.2-612, which requires that the electoral board make printed ballots available for absentee voting at least 45 days “prior to any election,” (with a possible exception for non-federal special elections) was amended by the General Assembly in 2010, to reflect the 45 day requirement for “any election.”  Prior to the amendment, a 45 day requirement had been applicable only to General Elections and Special Elections held in November, with a 30 day requirement having been applied to other elections.  Consequently, while the usual 45 day requirement was applied to the November 2010 Election, and the new 45 day standard was applied to the May 3rd Town of Vienna Election, the August 23rd Primary Elections will be the first primary elections to which the new 45 day requirement will be applied which accounts for the seemingly very early start date for absentee voting.

By Mail

• Fairfax County absentee ballot application (PDF), download or interactive [both updated July 2010] (print and mail).
• 2011 – deadline for filing an application to receive an absentee ballot via mail (mail or fax) for the November 8th General Election – November 1 at 5:00 pm
  
• Tuesday, November 8, 2011 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 Government Center and the district governmental 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 23 – October 21 [closed October 10th – Columbus Day]
  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Fridays 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
  Thursday 8:00 am – 7:00 pm
  October 24 through November 4
  Monday-Friday (weekdays) 8:00 am – 7:00 pm
  Saturdays, October 8, 29 and November 5 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• at the Franconia Governmental Center
  6121 Franconia Road
  Alexandria, VA 22310, map – click here 
  and 6 other Governmental Centers: Mason Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale; McLean Governmental Center, 1437 Balls Hill Road, McLean; Mount Vernon Governmental Center, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria; North County Governmental Center, 12000 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston; Sully Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly; West Springfield Governmental Center, 6140 Rolling Road, Springfield
  October 24 through Saturday, November 5
  Monday-Friday (weekdays) 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm
  Saturdays 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
  Sundays – closed
  

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.

DOS AND DON’TS (GUIDELINES FOR POLL WORKERS) AND WHAT IF’S

On Election Day volunteers work inside and outside the polls, and there are guidelines and laws that apply (commonly referred to as the ‘Dos and Don’ts’; VA SBE-604 rev 7/2010). Click here for that information.

A comprehensive quick reference guide to resolving voting issues such as voter identification, address or name change, pollbook listing, accessibility, and other topics (commonly referred to as the ‘What If’s', rev 7/2011) is available, 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.

Political signs are allowed in VDOT right of way per interpretation by the Virginia Attorney General to Fairfax County (July 28, 2008), see documentation, click here.

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