I have a cousin who lives in New Jersey, but works in New York City. She’s a smart girl and generally supports Democratic candidates. As you surely recall, that election featured a number of nail-bitingly close races for the U.S. Senate with only one seat determining control of the Senate. One of these tight races was in New Jersey.
When I called this cousin right after the election, I was dismayed to hear that she hadn’t made it to the poll. It wasn’t her fault. Her boss called an early meeting at the last minute on election day. With her bus ride into Manhattan, she didn’t have time to vote in the morning, and she wasn’t able to make it back home that evening before the polls closed.
Don’t let this happen to you. Whenever there is an election and there’s any chance at all you might not have time to vote, get an absentee ballot now.
Virginia has an election on Nov. 6. (Yes, in an odd year. Hey, we’re a commonwealth, we do things our own way).
It’s easy, you just call your voter registration office and ask them to mail you one. Having a long commute on election day is a perfectly valid reason to vote absentee.
Or you can do what I did and vote early. I live in Fairfax County and you can vote at the main government building or in one of seven satellite locations around the county. I did it earlier today and there was no line. It took less than 10 minutes and you still get the hip “I voted” sticker.
All of these local jurisdictions allow walk-in voting. Here are links the hours and locations for:
So don’t take a chance on election day, Virginians. Vote early!
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