Public Notices

Electoral Board Meeting Notice - August 31, 2026(PDF, 157KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Notice - July 30, 2026(PDF, 157KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Notice - July 29, 2026(PDF, 158KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Agenda August 31, 2026(PDF, 236KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Agenda July 30, 2026(PDF, 233KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Agenda July 29, 2026(PDF, 211KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Agenda June 15, 2026(PDF, 233KB)

Electoral Board Meeting Agenda April 9, 2026(PDF, 272KB)

• Electoral Board Meeting Notice for February 20, 2026 | View
• Electoral Board Meeting Notice for January 14, 2026 | View

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE NOVEMBER 3, 2026, GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS

November 3, 2026, General and Special Elections

The City of Fairfax will be holding General and Special Elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the offices of the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives (11th District), Fairfax City Mayor, Fairfax City Council, Fairfax City School Board, Statewide Proposed Constitutional Amendments, and Fairfax City Retail Sales Tax Referendum. Voting begins at 6 a.m. and ends at 7 p.m.

Voter Registration Deadlines

• The deadline to register or update voter registration information is Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5 p.m. for in person registration and 11:59 p.m. for online registration. Voter registration applications received by mail must be postmarked by the deadline.

• Qualified persons who will be 18 years of age on or before November 3, 2026, are eligible to register and vote in intervening primary or special election [Code of Virginia § 24.2-403].

• Citizens may register in person at any Virginia Voter Registrar’s Office. Applications are also available at public libraries, the United States Postal Service, and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). 

• Online registration is available through the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal: vote.elections.virginia.gov

• Failure to notify the General Registrar of a change of registration information may result in delays in voting.

Absentee Voting 

Absentee voting begins Friday, September 18, 2026, and ends on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

• The deadline to submit an absentee ballot application requesting a by-mail ballot is 5 p.m. of Friday, October 23, 2026, regardless of the delivery method.

• Voters may submit an application by mail, in person, or online through the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal: vote.elections.virginia.gov

• Voters may return voted absentee ballots to the ballot drop box located outside the City Hall Atrium entrance facing George Mason Boulevard through 7 p.m. of Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

• Voters may vote early in person at Fairfax City Hall during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding holidays.

• Early voting is also available on two Saturdays, October 24 and October 31, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on two Sundays, October 18 and October 25, 2026, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• The last day to vote early in person is Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Provisional Ballots Meeting and Canvass of Results

The Electoral Board will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, to begin the provisional ballots meeting. The canvass of results will begin when the provisional ballots meeting is adjourned. The meeting will be held at the Registrar’s Office. The provisional ballots meeting and the canvass of results may adjourn from day to day and may conclude as late as 5 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2026 [Code of Virginia § 24.2-671]. 

Contact
City of Fairfax Office of Elections
10455 Armstrong St., Suite 300
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-385-7890
Registrar@fairfaxva.gov

2026 November Election Notice(PDF, 219KB) 

November 3, 2026 UNIFORMED-SERVICE AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ABSENTEE

This is an official notice of the General and Special Elections to be conducted in the Commonwealth of Virginia on November 3, 2026. If you are an absent military or overseas citizen eligible to vote in state and local elections, you may register to vote and submit an absentee ballot application electronically for a specific election or any elections up through the next year using the Department of Elections voter registration portal. Please note that a driver’s license or identification card issued by the Virginia DMV is required to complete the process online.  If you do not have a DMV-issued ID, you may also apply by using the federal postcard application (FPCA), available at the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) website www.fvap.gov. Detailed instructions are provided by FVAP in the Virginia Voting Assistance Guide. You can submit your FPCA by scanned email attachment to your local general registrar's office, which can be found via the Local Election Office Look Up Tool. 

If you do not receive your state ballot in time, you may vote using a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB), available at www.fvap.gov. You can identify all of the state, local offices and, if applicable, ballot measures that, as of this date, are expected to be on the ballot by visiting the Candidate Lists and visit ELECT's Citizen Portal to view your voter registration status.