Absentee Ballots: Fairfax County Breaks Record, Mailing Out Nearly 19,000 Friday

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -- Friday was the first day for absentee voting in Virginia and Fairfax County had a busy day, according to the elections office. The number of in-person absentee voters who voted Friday at the County Government Center numbered 424, the elections office said.

Fairfax County broke the state record for highest number of mailed out ballots Friday at nearly 19,000, according to the elections office.

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The deadline for a voter to apply for an absentee mail-in ballot is Nov. 1.

Here's Fairfax County updated numbers on its registered voters as of Friday:

• Total Registered Voters: 731,773
• Active Voters: 655,047
• Braddock (Active): 75,300
• Dranesville (Active): 76,498
• Hunter Mill (Active): 80,106
• Lee (Active): 64,985
• Mason (Active): 58,749
• Mount Vernon (Active): 71,483
• Providence (Active): 71,018
• Springfield (Active): 79,774
• Sully (Active): 77,134
• Year-to-Date, Online Voter Registration Applications: 104,840
• Year-to-Date, Paper Voter Registration Applications: 125,822
• Total Year-to-Date Voter Registration Transactions: 247,376

Find more information about absentee voting on the Fairfax County elections Web site here.

PHOTO of Fairfax County elections office courtesy of County