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October 7 - Last day to register to vote in the November General Election
October 31 - application via fax or mail must be received for absentee ballot
November 2 - If you applied for an absentee ballot in person, you must complete the application and vote your ballot by 5:00p.m.
November 5 - General Election day; pollsfrom 6:00am until 7:00pm.
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2002 General Election Candidates
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For a full list of candidates, seats, political parties and issues visit http://www.politics1.com/va.htm
UNITED STATES SENATE
John W. Warner (Republican - incumbent)
http://www.johnwarner.com/
Jacob G. Hornberger, Jr. (Independent)
http://www.hornberger2002.com
Nancy Spannaus (Independent)
http://www.spannausforsenate.com/
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 1
Jo Ann Davis (Republican - incumbent)
http://www.joanndavis.com/
District 2
Ed Schrock (Republican - incumbent)
http://www.edschrock.com/
***D.C. Amarasinghe,MD (Green) - http://members.cox.net/~dr.dc2002/ ***
INDIAN CANDIDATE
District 3
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat - Incumbent) - http://www.house.gov/scott/
District 4
J. Randy Forbes (Republican - incumbent) -http://www.randyforbes.com/
Louise Lucas (Democrat)-http://sov.state.va.us/SenatorDB.nsf/e3b163cf38cf553a85256b0a00670129/99002e6c5b8346dd85256aa000719972?ocument
District 5
Virgil Goode (Republican - incumbent) - http://www.goodeforcongress.com/
Meredith Richards (Democrat) - http://www.meredithrichards.org/
District 6
Bobby Goodlatte (Republican - incumbent) - http://www.house.gov/goodlatte/
District 7
Eric Cantor (Republican) - http://www.cantor2000.com/
Ben Jones (Democrat) - http://www.benjonesforcongress.com/
District 8
Jim Moran (Democrat - incumbent) - http://www.house.gov/moran/
Scott Tate (Republican) - http://www.scotttate.com/
Ron Crickenberger (Libertarian) - http://www.roncrickenberger.com/
District 9
Rick Boucher (Democrat - incumbent) - http://www.boucherforcongress.com/
Jay Katzen (Republican) - http://www.jaykatzen.com/
District 10
Frank Wolf (Republican - incumbent) - http://www.wolfforcongress.org/
John Stevens (Democrat) - http://www.stevensforcongress.org/
S. Ann Robinson (Green) - http://www.voterobinson.org/
District 11
Tom Davis (Republican - incumbent) - http://www.tomdavis.org/
Frank Creel (Constitution) - http://frankcreel.org
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VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
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State House of Delegates http://legis.state.va.us/
State Senate http://legis.state.va.us/
State Board of Elections
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/
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Voter Registration Information
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Virginia Voter Registration Application
The Virginia Voter Registration Application is available for download from this site in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF). You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view or print the application. After downloading the application form:
1) print the form, 2) read the instructions accompanying the form, 3) fill out the requested information on the form carefully, 4) sign the application and, 5) mail the completed application to your local general registrar's office.
Click here to download the Virginia Voter Registration Application form in pdf format.
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/VotRegServ/Forms/Virginia.Voter.Registration.Application.PDF
Who May Register To Vote
To be eligible to register to vote in Virginia a person must meet all of the following criteria:
be a resident of Virginia (A person who has come to Virginia for temporary
purposes and intends to return to another state is not considered a resident for voting purposes)
be a U. S. Citizen
be 18 years old (Any person who is17years old and will be eighteen years of age
at the next general election shall be permitted to register in advance and also vote in any intervening primary or special election)
does not claim the right to vote in any other State
not currently declared mentally incompetent by a court of law
if convicted of a felony, your right to vote must have been restored
When & How to Register
The application may be returned in person, by mail or by fax. However, if you fax the form you must then mail the original to the same local registration office.
FEDERAL ELECTIONS
To Be Eligible To Register:
you must reside outside the United States (that is, outside the
fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa or the Virgin Islands);
you must be a United States citizen you will be eighteen years old by the day of the Federal Elections (the federal elections includes any general, special, or primary election for President, Vice-President, presidential electors, or a member of the United States Senate or House of Representatives)
you state whether you hold either a valid United States passport or card of
identity and registration issued under the authority of the Secretary of State of
the United States
you do not maintain a domicile and are not registered to vote in any other state, territory or possession of the United States, or in any place in Virginia other than the county or city to which application is made your LAST place of abode and domicile immediately prior to departure from the United States was in the Virginia county or city to which application is made.
NOTE: this means you do NOT now have domicile and place of abode in Virginia.
Find your polling place here:
http://www.sbe.state.va.us/VotReg/Polling_Place/Polling_Place_Lookup_request.asp
All Elections (Federal, State and Local)
To Be Eligible To Register:
you must meet all the qualifications for temporary registration for federal elections
(listed above)
you must reside outside the United States by virtue of your employment, or be an accompanying spouse or dependent;
(NOTE: Students temporarily residing overseas by reason of
enrollment in a regular, organized course of study are deemed to
have employment.)
you must have moved overseas, or have given up your Virginia
place of abode, on or after July 1, 1999
you were registered to vote in Virginia at the last place where
you lived before moving overseas
if an accompanying spouse or dependent of an overseas employee, you and the overseas employee were both registered to vote in
Virginia at the last place where you lived before moving overseas
Virginia Application for Temporary Registration and Absentee Ballot
The Virginia Application for Temporary Registration and Absentee Ballot is available for download from this site in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF). You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view or print the application. After downloading the application form:
1) print the form, 2) read the instructions accompanying the form, 3) fill out the requested information on the form carefully, 4) sign the application and, 5) mail the completed application to your local general registrar's office.
* Click here to download the Virginia Voter Registration Application form in pdf format: http://www.sbe.state.va.us/VotRegServ/Forms/registration.appl.download.htm
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