Orlean, Virginia Public Records

Residents can register to vote online through the Virginia Department of Elections citizen portal at www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/how-to-register, which allows eligible citizens to register or update their registration using their Virginia driver's license or DMV-issued ID number and social security number. The deadline to register to vote or update registration for any election in Virginia is 22 days before Election Day. Virginia does not require party registration; voters may vote in either party primary but not both in the same election cycle. As an unincorporated community, Orlean has no municipal government and therefore does not hold city or town elections. Residents vote in Fauquier County elections for the Board of Supervisors (five members representing geographic districts, elected to four-year staggered terms), Constitutional Officers including Sheriff, Commonwealth's Attorney, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, and Clerk of the Circuit Court (all elected to four-year terms), and School Board members. Residents can find their assigned polling place by using the Polling Place Lookup tool on the Virginia Department of Elections website at www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/where-to-vote or by contacting the Fauquier County Office of Elections at (540) 422-8290. Polling places are assigned based on residential address and precinct boundaries. U.S. Senate race, the U.S. House of Representatives election for Virginia's 6th District, and potentially Fauquier County constitutional officer positions depending on their election cycle. County Board of Supervisors elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. Virginia election records that are public include voter registration lists (available for purchase by qualified requesters under Virginia Code § 24.2-405 for political and election related purposes), campaign finance reports (searchable at the Virginia Department of Elections website for state-level candidates and at the Virginia Public Access Project www.vpap.org), candidate filings and petitions, and certified election results by precinct. Individual voter history (which elections a person voted in, but not how they voted) is public information included in the voter registration list. Precinct-level results are published by the State Board of Elections and the Fauquier County Office of Elections. Virginia offers multiple methods for absentee voting. Any registered voter may vote absentee by mail or in-person without providing an excuse. To vote absentee by mail, voters must submit an absentee ballot application to the Fauquier County Office of Elections (available online at the Fauquier County elections website or at www.elections.virginia.gov) by 5:00 p.m. On the Tuesday before Election Day (11 days before). The completed ballot must be returned by mail and received by the Office of Elections by 7:00 p.m. On Election Day, or can be returned in person by that deadline. In-person absentee voting is available at the Office of Elections at 10 Hotel Street, Suite 100, Warrenton, beginning 45 days before any election and ending at 5:00 p.m. On the Saturday before Election Day. No excuse or reason is required for absentee voting in Virginia. Voters may track their absentee ballot status through the Virginia Department of Elections citizen portal.