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Ballot breakdown
Get to know what’s on the ballot before casting your vote
By Ben Hitchcock editor@c-ville.com
Early in-person voting began in Virginia on September 18. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, more than 1.4 million Virginians have already cast their vote or requested a mail ballot. Still, there are plenty of us who haven’t voted yet. If you’re unsure what you’ll see when you stop by the registrar’s office or open that letter from the city, take a look at the sample ballot on the right for a refresher.
Though the end of the election period is fast approaching, it’s not too late to get on board. The deadline to register to vote is October 13. Voteby-mail ballots can be requested until October 23 and must be postmarked by November 3. In-person early voting ends on October 31, the Friday before the Tuesday, November 3, general election. If you’ve been putting it off and you’re looking for a sign—this is it.
Senate
Democrat Mark Warner is running for his third term in the Senate. His Republican challenger is Daniel Gade, an Army veteran who lost a leg in Iraq before working on veterans’ issues in the Bush administration. In 2014, Warner staved off a tough challenge from Republican Ed Gillespie, winning reelection by 0.8 percent. This time around, he’s expected to win more comfortably—polling consistently shows Warner ahead by double digits, and he’s raised $13.9 million to Gade’s $900,000.
Sample Ballot
Commonwealth of Virginia
City of Charlottesville, Virginia General and Special Elections Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Please use a black or blue ink pen to mark your ballot. To vote for your choice in each contest, completely fill in the box next to your choice. To vote for a write-in candidate, completely fill in the box to the left of the words "Write-in" and write the name of the candidate on the line provided.
President and Vice President Member United States Senate
Vote for only one
Mark R. Warner - D
Daniel M. Gade - R
Write-in:
Vote for only one
DEMOCRATIC PARTY Electors for Joseph R. Biden, President Kamala D. Harris, Vice President
REPUBLICAN PARTY Electors for Donald J. Trump, President Michael R. Pence, Vice President
LIBERTARIAN PARTY Electors for Jo Jorgensen, President Jeremy F. "Spike" Cohen, Vice President
Write-in: Member House of Representatives 5th District
Vote for only one
B.Cameron Webb - D
Robert G. "Bob" Good - R
Write-in:
Authorized by the Electoral Board of the City of Charlottesville City Hall Annex, 120 7th St. NE, Room 142, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 970-3250
Notice: The authority statement printed above must be removed and replaced with the appropriate authority statement for the candidate, committee, individual or group using this ballot for their own purposes. The authority statement used for this ballot must comply with the requirements of federal or state law, as appropriate. For state requirements, see §§ 24.2-956 and 24.2-956.1 of the Code of Virginia. For federal requirements, call the Federal Elections Commission, 1-800-424-9530. Sample ballots, other than the official sample ballots, may not be printed on white paper. Va. Code § 24.2-622
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Front
Sample Ballot
Commonwealth of Virginia
City of Charlottesville, Virginia General and Special Elections Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Constitutional Amendment #1
Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to establish a redistricting commission, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly and eight citizens of the Commonwealth, that is responsible for drawing the congressional and state legislative districts that will be subsequently voted on, but not changed by, the General Assembly and enacted without the Governor's involvement and to give the responsibility of drawing districts to the Supreme Court of Virginia if the redistricting commission fails to draw districts or the General Assembly fails to enact districts by certain deadlines?
Yes
No
Constitutional Amendment #2
Should an automobile or pickup truck that is owned and used primarily by or for a veteran of the United States armed forces or the Virginia National Guard who has a one hundred percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability be free from state and local taxation?
Yes
No
Congress
UVA’s director of health policy and equity, Dr. Cameron Webb has been running a strong race in the sprawling 5th Congressional District, which voted for Donald Trump by 11 points. Republican Bob Good is a self-styled “biblical conservative” and a former Liberty University athletics fundraiser—though he himself has fundraised poorly, and may in fact have broken campaign finance laws last month by holding a raffle for an AR-15 rifle at a campaign event.
Amendment 1
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Amendment 2
The second amendment on the ballot this year would give disabled veterans a tax break on one car or pickup truck owned by the veteran or their spouse. The amendment was introduced in 2019 by Democratic Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, and passed by the Virginia state legislature with near-unanimous bipartisan support.
