The deadline for receipt of your application to vote absentee by mail is 5:00 PM the Tuesday before the election. Please mail this application to your general registrar listed on Page 2 of the Virginia Absentee Ballot Application. Please do not return this application to the State Board of Elections. You may also submit your application by fax or scanned email attachment.
The deadline to apply and vote absentee in-person is the Saturday before the election. Contact your general registrar for office or satellite office address and voting locations.
NOTE: To vote absentee you must be a registered voter of the city/county where you are applying
The Fairfax County Office of Elections provides information on how to obtain absentee ballots.
Visit the Elections Citizen Portal to view your voter registration status.
Notice to voters using US mail service: the USPS delivery standards changed early last year so that First Class delivery went from 1-3 days to 2-5 days and Standard delivery is now 2-9 days. Please take this into consideration as you start thinking about absentee voting.