Election Day: Tuesday, November 8 – What you need to know

The general election will be held in Loudoun County on Tuesday, November 8. Voting must be done in person at your assigned polling place or by absentee ballot. Voters may cast an absentee ballot in person up until 5:00 p.m., Saturday, November 5, 2016.  The deadline to request to have an absentee ballot mailed to you has passed and is no longer available. Elections officials recommend that voters mail their absentee ballots by November 3, 2016, to ensure that they arrive on time. More information, including the in-person absentee voting locations and hours of operations, is online at www.loudoun.gov/election2016.

 

Note: Some states have reported a voter scam indicating that you can vote via text. The only legitimate voting in Virginia is in person or by absentee ballot.

 

Know your polling place (where to vote)

Not sure where to vote? Your voter registration card will tell you which election district you live in and the precinct you should go to in order to cast your vote. Locations of polling places are online at www.loudoun.gov/pollingplaces. You can also look up your polling place online at vote.elections.virginia.gov/voterinformation.

 

    Voting Hours

Polls in Loudoun County will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Virginia state law requires you show a photo ID

Voters are required to show an acceptable form of photo identification at their precinct. Acceptable forms of photo ID include a valid Virginia driver’s license, a U.S. passport, a student photo ID from a college or university in Virginia, or a government- issued photo ID. Voters arriving to the polls without photo ID will be required to vote a provisional ballot. More information is online at www.loudoun.gov/voterid.

Two State constitutional amendments and four county bond questions will be on the ballot

In addition to voting for candidates for elected office, voters in Loudoun County will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on two state constitutional amendments and four county bond questions. The questions and candidates on the ballot can be found at www.loudoun.gov/election2016.

How to get election results

After the polls in Loudoun County close at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 8, 2016, preliminary results of the general election will be posted online at www.loudoun.gov/vote.  There will be links to:

• a continually updated, online interactive map that will display results by precinct and election district;
• a continually updated webpage with results in a tabular format; and
• the Virginia Department of Elections results webpage.Detailed information about the November 8, 2016, general election, can be found at www.loudoun.gov/election2016

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