Election Day: Everything You Need to Know to Vote Today

Posted by The News Pulse June 16, 2025 Post a Comment

It’s officially Election Day for Virginia primary races.

After weeks of early voting, voting precincts will welcome in-person voters Tuesday . While more than 200,000 voters have cast ballots in Democratic and Republican primaries across the state, residents can vote in person between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 2025 Virginia primaries.

Here’s a rundown of what voters need to know to cast a ballot.

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Who’s on the ballot?

The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press has assembled the 757 Votes election guide for the 2025 primaries. The guide contains Q&As with candidates running in contested races for statewide office such as lieutenant governor and attorney general, several House of Delegates seats representing Hampton Roads districts, and local constitutional officers such as sheriffs, commonwealth’s attorneys and treasurers. Only races with contested primaries are included in the primary election guide.

757 Votes: The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press 2025 primary election guide

Statewide, voters will choose a nominee for the Democratic side of the lieutenant governor’s ticket. The ticket is crowded , with six candidates: Alex Bastani, Ghazala Hashmi, Babur Lateef, Aaron Rouse, Victor Salgado and Levar Stoney. For attorney general, Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor are vying for the Democratic nomination . There is no Republican primary in either race.

Voters in House District 70 , which includes Newport News, will choose a Republican nominee for the House of Delegates. In Virginia Beach’s House District 97, Republican voters will choose between Tim Anderson and Cristina Felder. House District 89 , which includes parts of Chesapeake and Suffolk, has primaries for both parties . Mike Lamonea and Kristen Shannon are running for the Republican nomination and Blaizen Buckshot Bloom and Karen “Kacey” Carnegie are running for the Democratic nomination.

For local elections, several races are expected to be decided Tuesday as the winner will not face a challenger in the general election. Chesapeake residents will select a new sheriff, choosing between Republicans David Rosado and Wallace Chadwick. Norfolk residents will choose between Democrats Ramin Fatehi and John Butler for commonwealth’s attorney. Newport News has Democratic two primaries: Howard Gwynn and Shannon Jones are running for commonwealth’s attorney . In the treasurer’s race, Sanu-Dieng-Cooper and Derek Reason are running for the Democratic nomination. But the winner will face incumbent Marty Eubank, who is running as an independent.

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Voter registration

Though the deadline to register to vote or update an existing registration has passed, voters can still register on Election Day and cast a provisional ballot. Their vote is counted after their registration is approved. Voters can check their registration status at vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformatio n .

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How to vote in person

Polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Voters should bring a form of identification when arriving at a polling place. This can be a Virginia driver’s license, U.S. military ID, valid student ID, tribal ID or a U.S. passport. Voters arriving at the polls without an acceptable form of ID will be required to either sign an ID Confirmation Statement or vote a provisional ballot. If a voter votes a provisional ballot, they will have until noon on the Friday following the election to deliver a copy of identification to their locality’s electoral board or sign an ID Confirmation Statement in order for their provisional ballot to be counted.

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Absentee voters

Absentee ballots can be returned to the local registrar’s office or a drop-off location by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

If voters chose to vote by mail, ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the registrar’s office by noon Friday.

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Problems at the polls

If a voter meets the requirements to vote but is being denied, they can ask an election official to contact the voter registrar’s office before leaving the polling place. Voters can also call the Department of Elections at 800-552-9745 as soon as possible, preferably before the polls close.

The Department of Elections administers a formal grievance process under the Help America Vote Act for voters who believe that their voting rights have been violated. Voters must fill out a complaint form within 10 days of the incident, have it notarized and mail it to the deputy commissioner. For informal complaints, voters can file an online form for any incident at the polls.

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Results

The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press will post results online Tuesday evening as they become available. Look for results from the election in Thursday’s print editions.

Eliza Noe, eliza.noe@virginiamedia.com