On election day, you may return your absentee ballot using any Fairfax County drop-off box before 7 p.m.  

• Outside the Fairfax County Government Center, 24/7. This is a secure drop box, monitored by cameras. 
• Inside the Fairfax County Government Center: Office of Elections, suite 323.
• At all Fairfax County precinct voting locations 6 a.m.-7 p.m.

Within 40 feet of the entrance to the polling location and within the room where voting is taking place, these activities are unlawful.

• Loitering or congregating
• Giving, offering or showing any ballot, ticket or other campaign material to any person (Exception–worn items such as hats, buttons, stickers and t-shirts)
• Asking for any person’s vote
• In any way trying to influence any person in casting a vote
• Possessing a firearm
• Stopping or delaying a qualified voter in entering or leaving a polling place
• Stopping or delaying an officer of election
• Interfering with the orderly conduct of the election

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The Fairfax County Electoral Board decides which provisional ballots will be counted. They will meet starting at 12:00 p.m. the day after the election. To attend this meeting, go to Suite 323 of the Fairfax County Government Center (12000 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, VA) and you will be directed to the meeting location.

In order for your provisional ballot to be counted, the board must be able to confirm that you are (i) qualified and registered to vote in the precinct where you requested to vote, and (ii) that you have not already cast a ballot in this election. If you believe you need to provide proof to the board that you are qualified to vote in the precinct where you requested to vote, you may attend the meeting. Most people do not need to provide proof of residence or need assistance of legal counsel, but you may bring a lawyer with you.

If you registered at the DMV or other government agency before the voter registration deadline: Provide the name of the agency, its location, the date you registered, and a receipt (if you have one) to the Fairfax County Office of Elections. If you completed a same day registration at the polling place, no additional information is required.

If you learned that your registration was cancelled but you think is should not have been. Contact the Fairfax County Office of Elections at voting@fairfax.gov or 703-222-0776.

For any questions, or to find out if your provisional ballot was counted, contact the Fairfax County Office of Elections at voting@fairfax.gov or 703-222-0776 no earlier than 10 days following the election. Alternately, you may view your voting record on the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal.

The instructions below apply ONLY if you did not show acceptable identification and you did not sign an ID Confirmation Statement.

Providing Acceptable Identification

For your vote to count, you must provide a copy of an acceptable form of ID or a signed ID Confirmation Statement to the Fairfax County Electoral Board.

The deadline to provide your ID is 12:00 p.m. on the third business day after the election. You may provide your ID in person or by a method listed below any time before the deadline.

• Virginia driver's license
• Virginia DMV-issued ID card (excluding driver privilege cards)
• Valid United States passport
• Valid student ID issued by a public or private high school or institution of higher education in Virginia
• Valid student ID, with a photograph, issued by a public or private high school or institution of higher education in any other state or territory of the United States
• Valid employer-issued ID, with a photograph
• Valid ID card issued by the federal government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or one of its political subdivisions
• Valid tribal enrollment or other tribal ID
• Voter confirmation documents
• ID Confirmation Statement
• Current utility bill. bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other current government document containing your name and address (Current means the document is no more than 12 months old)

• *Valid means the document is genuine and is not expired for more than 12 months, DMV-issued IDs may be accepted regardless of expiration date.
• *HAVA - Per the Help America Vote Act, if you submitted your voter registration by mail and are now voting in your first federal election, not all IDs above are acceptable. Instead, you must provide (i) a current and valid photo identification, or (ii) a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document containing your name and address. Contact us with questions.

How and where to deliver your ID

Provide a copy of your identification by any one of these methods:

• By email: voting@fairfaxcounty.gov
• In person: Fairfax County Government Center (Suite 323), 12000 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, VA 22035
• By fax: 703-324-2205
• By mail: Office of Elections, P.O. Box 10161

If you have any questions, call the Fairfax County Office of Elections at 703-222-0776.

If you turn 18 on or before the date of the general election in November (the first Tuesday in November), you may vote in the general election, and you may vote in a primary election for federal offices held that year before that election.

No, you do not need a photo ID to vote in person, but you do need an ID to check in normally. Click here to see what IDs are acceptable.

If you don’t have an acceptable ID, you may complete an ID Confirmation Statement, which serves as an acceptable ID and will allow you to check in and vote routinely. Alternately, you may vote a provisional ballot and provide a copy of your ID to the Office of Elections before noon on the Friday after the election.

However, first-time voters in a federal election who registered by mail are required by federal law to present an ID. Virginia Code § 24.2-701.1.

On the Department of Elections Citizen Portal, click “Find your polling place.” On election day, you must vote at the polling place where you are registered to vote.

You need to go to the voting location where you are registered to vote. Look up your voter information on the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal.

Ask the election officer for a voter registration application to update your address. You may complete it there and leave it with the chief election officer to turn in.

Yes. However:

• If you received your absentee ballot, bring it with you to the polling place to exchange for a new one. 
   
• If you didn’t receive your absentee ballot, or you don’t bring your ballot with you, you’ll need to vote a provisional ballot. If you do not also return your voted absentee ballot by mail or drop box, staff will recommend to the Electoral Board that your provisional ballot be counted. The Electoral Board makes the final determination. Virginia Code § 24.2-653.01

All polling locations (early voting and election day) offer:

• Wheelchair accessibility.
• Accessible parking spaces.
• Curbside voting. Look for a sign at the accessible parking area with a phone number to call. An election officer will come to your car. Remember that curbside voting does not put you at the front of the line of voters!
• An electronic ballot marking device that is designed to provide voters with visual and other disabilities the opportunity to cast their vote unassisted. Each ballot marking device has an audio headset that enables voters with visual impairments to cast a ballot without assistance. Voters may read or listen in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, or Korean. 
• A magnifying device for voters who may have difficulty reading the ballot.

If you require assistance at the polling place, someone may help you with your ballot after you both complete and sign the Request for Assistance form, available at the polling location. If you do not have an assistant with you, you may ask an election officer to serve as your assistant.

Yes. They will be required to complete a Request for Assistance form before they may assist you. 
Virginia Code § 24.2-649

You don’t need to vote for someone in every contest or mark every issue on the ballot. Your ballot will be accepted, and only the votes you marked will be tallied. 

Write “Spoiled” across your ballot and take it to an election officer to exchange for a new one.

Yes, if they are aged 15 or younger. Older children are allowed in the voting room but must sign a Request for Assistance form to accompany a voter into the voting booth or provide assistance.

Yes, but you may not include any other voter in the photograph without their permission.

Not necessarily. Anyone in line or inside the polling place [building] making their way to the voting room at 7 p.m. is permitted to vote.

Ballots are in multiple languages because Fairfax County meets the state and federal thresholds for providing voting materials in Spanish and Vietnamese, and is borderline for the requirement for Korean.

You may find these figures for Fairfax County here. Find the figures for the state and other counties here.

Fairfax County has about 750,000 active voters in 264 precincts. We are the largest jurisdiction in the state. You may see registration statistics here.