Friday, November 9, 2012
Fairfax County Supervisor says group should look at long waiting times at some polling spots and recommend ways to improve.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova says she will recommend a commission to look ways to improve the county's efficiency on Election Day. Bulova says she was concerned about long lines, wait times and other voting issues. Voter turnout for the 2012 election in Fairfax County was 80.5 percent. In the last presidential election, the turnout was 78.7 percent (with 72,501 fewer registered voters than today), county officials said. Meanwhile, absentee voting in the county was down 2.7 percent from 2008. Lines and waits varied widely in Fairfax County. In Reston, reported waits varied from a minute to about 30 minutes at peak time in the morning. Bulova says she waited just 20 minutes at Villa precinct Tuesday morning at …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Changing demographics and the weight of Northern Virginia turn Virginia "purple" in 2012 and make the commonwealth a swing state to watch.
In the past few weeks, both President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney have visited Virginia and said that the swing state may be one of the deciding states in this year’s election. It’s known that there are several key states in the electoral college this year. Ohio — which is also a swing state — and Florida are both crucial states along with a few others. No Republican president has ever won the election without winning Ohio. Mark Rozell, a professor of public policy at George Mason University, said Virginia is now one of those swing states that will likely determine the outcome of this year’s election. One reason: Virginia voters had not chosen a Democrat for president since the 1960s, but then-candidate Barack Obama …
Monday, October 31, 2011
In their response to the first of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss county versus state control of area roads.
The four candidates running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors answered six questions by email for Patch. We will feature one question over the next six days, with the unedited answers by each of the candidates. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Question #1: Should Fairfax County take local control of its roads, as some surrounding jurisdictions, or allow VDOT's continued control? Explain. Sharon Bulova The State is increasingly making overtures about turning the road system (which is now pretty much entirely a State responsibility) over to …
Monday, November 1, 2010
A voter's guide
Election Day is tomorrow. Do you know where to go to vote? You are assigned a polling location based upon your precinct. Here is a list of the precincts within and just outside our Patch. If you're not sure what precinct you live, check out the PDFs attached to this story or visit the Fairfax County webpage: Polls are open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
38.7762
-77.06964
West Potomac High School
6500 Quander Rd, Alexandria, VA
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1255209
/locations/2331904
38.77235
-77.06232
Belle View Elementary School
6701 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA
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1254889
/locations/2331905
38.78718
-77.07314
2409 Fort Dr, Alexandria, VA
Fairhaven Community Center
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38.795468
-77.069879
Huntington Community Center
5751 Liberty Dr, Alexandria, VA
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1255131
/locations/2331907
38.76409
-77.07814
Bryant Alternative High School
2709 Popkins Ln, Alexandria, VA
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1394903
/locations/2331908
38.78523
-77.07775
Mount Eagle Elementary School
6116 N Kings Hwy, Alexandria, VA
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1254958
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38.75962
-77.08909
3415 Lockheed Blvd, Alexandria, VA
Hybla Valley Elementary
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T Ailshire
11:16 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
In previous years, I had been told no cell phones in the polling place, so I left mine in the car. What was different this year? I could have been more productive (though I did get an hour's worth of reading in). more ›