Dates to Know for the Delegate Primaries

Every year in Virginia is an election year. This year in particular the offices that are being voted on are members of Virginia House of Delegates (57th District) and three members of the Charlottesville City Council.

The primary to determine who will be on the ballot will be held on June 11.

The deadlines for voter registration are as follows: May 20 is the last day to register to vote in the primary; June 4 is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot (mail, fax and online); June 8 is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot in person (check out the local registrar for hours); and June 11 is primary election day.

Five democratic candidates are running for three spots within the Charlottesville City Council. This specific election will be narrowing that number of five to three candidates.

The candidates are Lloyd Snook, Sena Magill, Brian Pinkston, F. “Bob” Fenwick Jr. and Michael Payne; all of these candidates are a part of the Democratic Party, according to NBC 29.

In addition, there are two candidates running for the House of Delegates in Charlottesville.

Throughout the year, Virginia Democracy Fellows Jordan Roberts, Hannah Thacker, and Chad Mitchell have worked to register voters at PVCC.

These fellows and Assistant Professor of Political Science Connie Jorgensen have made Voter Registration easy.

For this election, awareness of candidacy and registration is in the forefront of their minds.

As previously mentioned awareness is key for the Virginia Primaries, but the fall elections have a bigger impact.

Jorgensen said, “Thacker, Roberts and Mitchell are developing voter outreach for the Fall 2019 semester, these students’ efforts are funded by the Campus Vote Project.”

The tables that show up around every election are manned by one or all three of these students, and they are looking for more help manning these; to get more information on volunteering with the help of the Fellows please contact Jorgensen at cjorgensen@pvcc.edu.