Election Guide
Everything you need to know for Tuesday, and your source for the best election coverage throughout the year.
by FXBG Staff
Last year, the FXBG Advance delivered the most complete election coverage in our readership area. This year, we look to build upon that reporting and deliver even better coverage.
Below you will find basic voter information about registration, polling sites, and voters’ rights. You’ll also find important information for Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford. And this year, we’re excited to add King George County to the list of locations we will be covering from now until Election Day in November. Finally, you’ll find the candidate profiles we conduct on all candidates who are willing to take part.
Also new this year - our new website is up, and Election Coverage will be featured prominently in the upper-right corner. Watch our homepage, and our Election 2024 page, for all the latest election information.
Election 2024
Elections officially take center stage on Tuesday, March 5, when voters go to the polls to select the person they favor in the Republican and Democratic primaries for president. As last year, FXBG Advance will serve as your one-stop shop for everything that you need to know about when and where to vote, the candidates, and of course, the outcomes.
Basic Voter Information
Voter Registration
If you need to register to vote, update your current Virginia voter registration, apply to vote absentee by mail, or view your polling place, election district, absentee ballot status, or voting history, visit the Citizen's Portal site, which is run by the Virginia Department of Elections.
Where to Vote
To determine your voting site, visit Polling Place Lookup, which is run by the Virginia Department of Elections.
Voters' Rights
As public questions about the voting process have risen in previous years, it's important that voters understand their rights when they go to the polls. To know your rights as a voter, visit the Voters' Rights page, which is run by the Virginia Department of Elections.
Presidential Primary Information
All polls open at 6 AM on Tuesday, March 5, and they close at 7PM. According to the Virginia Department of Elections, anyone in line at 7 PM will be allowed to cast their ballot.
Fredericksburg
Democratic Primary Sample Ballot | Republican Primary Sample Ballot
See the city's current ward map
Fredericksburg voter registration and elections page
King George County
Democratic Primary Sample Ballot | Republican Primary Sample Ballot
See King George County's polling locations.
King George Registrar's Office
Spotsylvania County
Democratic Primary Sample Ballot | Republican Primary Sample Ballot
See Spotsylvania County's voting district maps.
Spotsylvania County Office of Elections
Stafford County
For the Democratic and Republican Sample Ballots in Stafford County, the Stafford County Election Day Guide points citizens to Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Look-up Tool.
See the map of Stafford County's election districts.
Stafford County Election Information page
Meet the Candidates
Each year, FXBG Advance conducts interviews with as many candidates for public office as possible. Watch here as interviews are updated regularly.
Carl Bedell - (D) 7th Congressional District primary candidate. Interview coming week of March 4.
Briana Sewell - (D) 7th Congressional District primary candidate. Interview coming week of March 11
Terris Todd - (R) 7th Congressional District primary candidate. Read the Interview
Eugene Vindman - (D) 7th Congressional District primary candidate. Read the Interview
Local Obituaries
To view local obituaries or to send a note to family and loved ones, please visit our website at the link that follows.
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