Tuesday: VA Democrats Go to the Polls
http://reston.patch.com/articles/tuesday-va-democrats-go-to-the-polls

Tuesday is election day in Virginia for Democrats.

Here is what you need to know if you are heading to the polls for the June 11 primary.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Don't know where in Reston you vote?

You can look up your polling place by address.

Races:

Lieutenant Governor

State Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) will face off against Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. chief technology officer under President Barack Obama.

Although Chopra lacks Northam’s veteran experience in public office, he has more financial support behind him, soundly beating Northam in the most recent fundraising period.

The victor in Tuesday’s primary will share a ticket with Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic Party and Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate. McAuliffe is running unopposed.

Attorney General

State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun) is going up against Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor who worked to fight drug and human trafficking in Alexandria.

Like Northam, Herring has experience as an advantage in the race, but Fairfax’s history as a prosecutor has won him looks from big players, including a Washington Post endorsement.

Turnout is historically quite thin in non-presidential year primaries. When McAuliffe ran against Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran in the 2009 democratic primary, turnout was 6.2 percent, according to the Virginia Board of Elections.

Read more about how the fall election for governor, where McAullife will run against Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the current attorney general, will have national impact.

Clockwise from top left: Ralph Northam and Aneesh Chopra, Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor, and Justin Fairfax and Mark Herring, Democratic candidates for attorney general.Credit Courtesy Democratic Campaigns.

Clockwise from top left: Ralph Northam and Aneesh Chopra, Democratic candidates for Lieutenant Governor, and Justin Fairfax and Mark Herring, Democratic candidates for attorney general.Credit Courtesy Democratic Campaigns.
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No one is going.

Voter enthusiasm is anemic.

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WingNut Wrote:
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> No one is going.
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> Voter enthusiasm is anemic.

I know I won't.

wife is not voting today do i get to vote four her

guess i'm the only one who voted. i'm one step closer to world domination.

Fairfax City Sees Expectedly Low Turnout for Primary
Like other localities across the state, few voters show up to cast ballots in the 2013 Virginia Democratic Primary
http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/fairfax-city-sees-expectedly-low-turnout-for-primary

Without a gubernatorial contest in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary Election, voter turnout in Fairfax City precincts has been quite low.

As of 11:35 a.m., only 24 voters, or one percent of registered voters, had cast ballots at Fairfax Presbyterian Church, the poll location for the city’s first precinct.

Turnout wasn’t much better at Sherwood Community Center, polling place for the city’s second precinct, where 35 people had voted by 11 a.m.

But that’s even better than officials had even anticipated.

“We were estimating 50 for the day, so it might be a little over 50, maybe 60,” said Bob Pritz, an election official at the precinct.

Tuesday's primary will decide the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. State Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) will face off for lieutenant governor against Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. chief technology officer under President Barack Obama. Former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax is facing State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun) for the attorney general nomination.

Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat from McLean, was the only person to file paperwork for governor.

The last time Virginia had a June primary with only lieutenant governor and attorney general on the ballot—similar to this year — was in 2001. That year, fewer than 165,000 people voted in Virginia, a voter turnout of approximately 4.2 percent, according to the Virginia State Board of Elections.

Fairfax isn’t an anomaly – turnout has been low across the region.

Only about 50 voters had been through the Herndon Community Center as of 10 a.m., said Cesar del Aguila, chairman of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee, who was on hand to answer questions and assist voters.

“But, in my experience, Democrats tend to vote later in the day, so I expect to see a big uptick after the 5 p.m. hour," he said.

The story was no different in Annandale or Vienna.

Vienna officers said they had expected low numbers, with one going as far as to say a 10 percent turnout would be "a miracle" — at Madison, only about 50 of the more than 3,000 registered voters at the school's two precincts had cast their ballots by lunchtime.

And only nine people voted by mid-morning at the precinct at Green Spring Gardens Park in Annandale.

In 2009, R. Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran were running for governor in the Democratic primary. Jody Wagner and and A. Michael Signer were running for lieutenant governor, and there were several down-ballot primaries for both Democrats and Republicans.

Voter turnout for the Democrat's primary was lower than 6.5 percent statewide in 2009

Richard Fitzgerald, an election officer at Fairfax Presbyterian Church, said about 100 people had voted in the 2009 democratic primary. But since there were gubernatorial candidates, more voters came out.

“It was a bit more contested,” he said.

Still, with a 20-20 tie in the Virginia State Senate, whoever is chosen as lieutenant governor in 2013 "takes on a special role in breaking some ties, so the new Lieutenant Governor will be a key player in Virginia's future," said Dak Hardwick, chair of the Alexandria Democratic Committee.

Hard to get excited about more dirtbag dem politicians lining up to milk taxpayers while eliminating their rights.

liberals are scum

My ballot was in Spanish. Is this a dem thing?

The Real Long Timer Wrote:
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> My ballot was in Spanish. Is this a dem thing?

It was in both English and Spanish, as is required under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 203 requires that VRA covered localities where there are more than 10,000 or 5% of the total voting age citizens who are members of a single minority language group provide ballots in both languages.

Fairfax became a Section 203 county following the 2010 census. http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_203/2011_notice.pdf



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