Virginia voters headed to the polls Tuesday for an Election Day shaped by a pandemic and fears of social unrest. As of late Tuesday afternoon, however, election officials were reporting a smooth process with few lines and no major malfunctions, incidents of voter intimidation or polling place conflict.
- Vicki Farrell, 65, had a sign in the back of her car at the Aragon Precinct in Virginia Beach urging calm following the election. “I’m worried about the report I’m hearing on protests. Antifa doesn’t care.” She said she’ll live and deal with whoever wins the presidential contest. (Roger Chesley/ For the Virginia Mercury)
- Former Republican Congressman Scott Taylor campaigns Tuesday outside a polling place in Virginia Beach in an attempt to take back his old seat from Democratic U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Norfolk. “Win or lose, I’m going to a beach somewhere” for a little while, he said. (Roger Chesley/ For the Virginia Mercury)
- An election official collects a ballot from a drive-up voter at the Fluvanna Community Center in Fluvanna County, Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters line up at a community center in Fluvanna County, Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters arrive at the Taylor Masonic Lodge in Scottsville, Va., Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Campaign signs at Centenary United Methodist Church in Scottsville, Va., November 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Reilly Willis and her mother, Parris, submit their ballots at Centenary United Methodist Church in Scottsville, Va., November 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Roadside campaign signs in Buckingham, Va., November 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Roadside campaign signs in Buckingham County, Va., November 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters arrive at the Dillwyn Rescue Squad Building in Dillwyn, Va., Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Social distance markers for voters at the Dillwyn Rescue Squad Building in Dillwyn, Va., Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters at the Agricultural Service Center in Buckingham, Va., Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Republican House candidate Nick Freitas, a GOP state delegate from Culpeper, greets voters outside a Henrico County polling place on Election Day in 2020. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
- U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Henrico, embraces a voter outside a polling place in Henrico County. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
- Moses Loynes, an election officer in Henrico County, leans against a ballot counting machine as voters trickle through the polling place at Charles M. Johnson Elementary School on Election Day. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
- Election officials check in voters at the Dillwyn Rescue Squad Building in Dillwyn, Va., Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters arrive at the Agricultural Service Center in Buckingham, Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- Voters cast ballots at Charles M. Johnson Elementary School in Henrico County. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
- An election official wipes down a desk at the Agricultural Service Center in Buckingham, Va., November 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
- An election official wipes down a table after every voter in Buckingham County, Nov. 3, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury)
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