VIRGINIA

Virginia will elect a U.S. Senator in 2012.

Presidential Primary registration deadline – February 13, 2012

Presidential Primary date – March 6, 2012

State Primary registration deadline – May 21, 2012

State Primary date – June 12, 2012

General Election registration deadline – October 15, 2012

Election information phone number – 804-864-8901; 800-552-9745

State election website – http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Index.html

Early voting

In person – A voter may vote early in person only if he qualifies as an absentee voter (see “By mail” below). Absentee voting in person begins approximately 30 days before the Primary Election and 45 days before the General Election. Absentee in-person voting ends on the Saturday before the election.

Early in-person voting – September 22 to November 5

By mail – A voter may vote early by mail if he meets one of several criteria, among which are: the voter will be away from his county of registration on Election Day; the voter cannot go to the polls due to illness, disability, or pregnancy; the voter is a caregiver to a family member who is ill or disabled; or if the voter, in the regular course of business, will spend at least 11 hours working and commuting to and from his job on Election Day.

Applications for absentee/vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked no later than the Tuesday before the election or completed in person at the registrar’s office at least three days before the election. Absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day.

Absentee voting by mail – Begins September 22

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