Vienna Election Day Voter Guide: Key Races, How To Vote

VIENNA, VA — Tuesday, Nov. 5 marks the 2024 general election, where voters in Vienna will cast votes for president along with other key decisions.

Voters will have president/vice president, 11th Congressional District, U.S. Senate, Fairfax County bond questions and a Virginia constitutional amendment on the ballot. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, but anyone in line by 7 p.m. will be able to vote.

Key Races On the November Ballot

Along with the closely-watched presidential race between Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and third-party candidates, there are several key races.

In the 11th Congressional District race, Democratic incumbent Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax) faces Republican challenger Mike Van Meter. The district includes all of Fairfax City and the portions of Fairfax County, roughly west and south of the Capital Beltway/I-95 corridor. The 11th District is considered solid Democrat in the 2024 Cook Political Report's House Race Ratings.

Along with the 11th Congressional District race, voters will have the statewide U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican Hung Cao.

Kaine was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 after serving elected roles since 1994, including Virginia governor. According to his campaign website, Kaine's priorities include job creation and the economy, protecting reproductive rights, health care affordability, border security, supporting immigration reform, supporting equal rights, protecting the climate and more.

Cao is a Navy veteran who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democrat Jennifer Wexton in the 2022 race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District. His campaign priorities include border security, supporting the economy through energy and manufacturing policies, supporting school choice, supporting strong national defense, protecting gun rights, opposing abortion and more.

What's on the Ballot

President/Vice President

• Democratic Party Electors for Kamala Harris, President, and Tim Walz, Vice President
• Republican Party Electors for Donald Trump, President, and JD Vance, Vice President
• Green Party Electors for Jill Stein, President, and Rudolph Ware II, Vice President
• Libertarian Party Electors for Chase Oliver, President, and Mike ter Maat, Vice President
• Independent Electors for Claudia De la Cruz, President, and Karina Garcia, Vice President
• Independent Electors for Cornel West, President, and Melina Abdullah, Vice President

Member, U.S. Senate

• Timothy Kaine - Democrat
• Hung Cao - Republican

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 11th District

• Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly - Democrat
• Mike Van Meter - Republican

Virginia Constitutional Amendment Question

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended so that the tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action is also available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty?

Fairfax County Transportation Bond

Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds, in addition to the transportation improvements and facilities bonds previously authorized, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $180,000,000 for the purpose of financing Fairfax County’s share, under the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact, of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving, and acquiring transportation improvements and facilities, including capital costs of land, transit facilities, rolling stock, and equipment in the Washington metropolitan area?

Fairfax County Public Safety Bond

Shall Fairfax County, Virginia, contract a debt, borrow money, and issue bonds in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $126,000,000 to provide funds, in addition to funds from public safety facilities bonds previously authorized, to finance, including reimbursement to the County for temporary financing for, the costs of public safety facilities, including the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, renovation and equipment of civil and criminal justice facilities, police training and operational facilities and stations, fire and rescue training facilities and stations, including fire and rescue stations owned by volunteer organizations, and the acquisition of necessary land?

How to Vote

The deadline for voter registration or updating your address was Oct. 15. However, same-day registration with a provisional ballot is offered from Oct. 16 through Election Day, Nov. 5.

If you are completing a mail-in ballot, it must be returned to the Fairfax County Office of Elections by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 or postmarked by Nov. 5 and received in the office by noon on Nov. 8. Voters may return their completed ballot by mail or a drop box. A secure outdoor drop box is available 24/7 outside the Fairfax County Government Center until 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, and ballot drop boxes will be available at all polling places on Nov. 5, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To vote on Election Day, visit your assigned polling place between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. An acceptable form of ID is required to vote in person. Voters without an acceptable form of ID can sign a statement affirming their identity to cast a ballot.

Voters can confirm their registration status and polling place through the Virginia Department of Elections citizens portal. The Fairfax County Office of Elections also has lists and maps of precincts.

After polls close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5, preliminary election results will be tallied on the Virginia Department of Elections website. When results start coming in, Patch will provide coverage of the key races in Northern Virginia.

For more information on the upcoming election and voting in Fairfax County, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections.