Voter Registration Deadline Approaches In Leesburg

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — Monday is the last day to register to vote in the 2022 general election for Loudoun County residents.

However, Virginia will also offer same-day registration this year. Voters can register to vote as late as Election Day and vote with a provisional ballot. The provisional are not counted by machines, as they need to be approved by the local electoral board.

“When we receive a provisional ballot, we gather information about whether the voter is qualified and eligible to vote. We then forward the information to the Electoral Board to review and approve or deny the ballot,” Loudoun County General Registrar Judy Brown said in a news release. “If the voter registration application is approved and there are no other issues, the ballot will be counted. If the provisional ballot is not counted, the person who submitted it will receive written notice from our office.”

Anyone who would like to vote with a traditional ballot must register by Monday, Oct. 17. Voters can register online by 11:59 p.m. on Monday or in-person at the Loudoun County Office of Elections by 5 p.m. on Monday. The Loudoun County Office of Elections and Voter Registration is located at 750 Miller Drive, S.E., Suite C in Leesburg.

The biggest election for voters in Loudoun County is for the 10th district congressional seat. Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Wexton is being challenged by Republican Hung Cao.

The 10th district "leans Democrat," according to the 2022 Cook Political Report's House race ratings.

Wexton took office in 2019 after she defeated then-incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock. She previously served in the Virginia Senate and now sits on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Cao is a retired Navy Captain who served in a special operations unit for 25 years. Cao originally came to Virginia as Vietnamese refugee in 1975 and was a graduate of the inaugural class of Thomas Jefferson High School in 1982.

Leesburg residents will also have the opportunity to vote for mayor and a representative to the Loudoun County School Board.

Here are the candidates for the Leesburg races:

• Leesburg Mayor
  • Incumbent Kelly Burk
  • Suzanne Fox
• Leesburg District School Board Representative
  • Erika Ogedegbe
  • Michael Rivera
  • Lauren Shernoff

In Loudoun County, one early voting site at the Office of Elections is now open. Two additional sites will open on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Here are the locations of the other early voting sites:

• Dulles South Recreation Center, 24950 Riding Center Drive, South Riding
• Loudoun County Government Offices, 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling

More information about early voting and same-day voter registration is available online.