Where, when and how to vote in Arlington County

Early voting: now through Oct. 31

Any Arlington voter can vote early at any of the county's three early-voting sites. Courthouse Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 320, has been open since Friday, Sept. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. It stays open until 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 22 and 23, and Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and 30.

Two more sites open Saturday, Oct. 17: Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 16th St. S., and Langston-Brown Community Center, 2121 N. Culpeper St. They're open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, Oct. 17, 24 and 31; from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays, Oct. 18 and 25; and from 2 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 30. Courthouse Plaza keeps the same weekend hours. Early voting ends at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

There's no early voting at Madison Community Center this year: the building is closed for a maintenance project. Its drop box stays open.

Missed the Oct. 23 registration deadline? You can still register and vote on a provisional ballot: at an early-voting site from Saturday, Oct. 24, or on Election Day at the polling place for the precinct where you live.

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 3

On Election Day you must vote at the polling place for your precinct, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. can still vote. Enter your address in the guide above to find yours, or look it up in the state's Citizen Portal.

With Madison Community Center closed, its Election Day voters (Precinct 135) go to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4250 N. Glebe Road.

Arlington uses ranked-choice voting for this year's County Board race: you rank the candidates in order of preference.

Voting by mail

Any registered voter can vote by mail; no excuse is needed. Your application must reach the elections office by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. Apply online.

A mailed ballot must be postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, and arrive by noon Friday, Nov. 6. The office warns that mail within Arlington can take up to 10 days. You can also drop your ballot off: in any of the county's nine 24-hour drop boxes until 7 p.m. on Election Day, at any early-voting site while it's open, or at any Arlington polling place on Election Day, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

If something is missing from your ballot envelope, the elections office will contact you, and you have until noon Friday, Nov. 6, to fix it. Ballots that arrive by Friday, Oct. 30, get that chance. More from the Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

What to bring

Virginia asks every voter who votes in person for one form of ID. These are accepted:

• Virginia driver's license or DMV ID card, current or expired
• U.S. passport or passport card
• U.S. military ID
• Any other ID card issued by the federal government, Virginia or a Virginia locality
• Voter ID card from the Department of Elections, or other voter confirmation documents
• Student ID from a Virginia high school, college or university
• Photo student ID from a college or university elsewhere in the U.S.
• Photo ID from your employer
• Tribal ID from one of the 11 tribes Virginia recognizes
• A utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document with your name and address, no more than 12 months old

No ID? You can sign an ID Confirmation Statement, swearing you are who you say you are, and vote a regular ballot. If you don't sign it, you'll vote a provisional ballot and must get a copy of your ID to the electoral board by noon Friday, Nov. 6.

If you registered by mail without providing ID and this is your first time voting in a federal election, you must show ID; the statement doesn't count.

Getting there

Where a Metrorail, Metrobus or ART stop is within a quarter-mile of a site, the guide names it and the routes that serve it, and the directions links open your maps app with transit directions.

Accessibility

Every polling place is wheelchair accessible, though in a few the accessible entrance isn't the main one, and each has an accessible ballot-marking device with an audio ballot. Voters 65 or older, or who can't go inside, can vote from their car at any early-voting site or polling place: send someone in to tell the election officers, or call 703-228-3456. You can bring someone to help you vote, or ask an election officer.

About this guide

Early-voting sites, drop boxes and polling places come from the Arlington County Office of Voter Registration and Elections and the Virginia Department of Elections; precincts and site locations from Arlington County's GIS office; Congressional and General Assembly districts and map geography from the U.S. Census Bureau; stops and routes from WMATA's and ART's published timetables. The Washington Clarion is not affiliated with the Office of Voter Registration and Elections. Confirm details at vote.arlingtonva.gov.