Selma, Virginia Public Records

Virginia residents can register to vote online through the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/, which handles new registrations, address updates, and registration status checks. To register, you must be a U.S. Citizen, a Virginia resident, and at least 18 years old by the next general election. The registration deadline is 22 days before Election Day. Online registration requires either a Virginia DMV-issued ID number or the last four digits of a Social Security number. As an unincorporated community, Selma has no municipal government and therefore holds no city council or mayoral elections. Residents vote in county, state, and federal contests. Alleghany County is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors representing geographic districts, with supervisor elections held on a staggered schedule. The county also elects constitutional officers including Sheriff, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Commonwealth's Attorney. Residents can find their assigned polling place using the Virginia Department of Elections polling place lookup tool at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/ by entering their address. Precinct assignments are based on residential address, and voters must vote at their assigned precinct on Election Day. The county Registrar's office can also provide this information by phone. Virginia's public election records include voter registration lists (available to candidates and parties with restrictions on use), campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Virginia Department of Elections and accessible at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/candidatepac-info/campaign-finance/, candidate filings and petition certifications, and precinct-level election results published after each election. The Virginia Department of Elections publishes results by locality and precinct on its website following certification. The county historically trends Republican in presidential elections. However, 2026 is a federal midterm election year.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Selma voters are published by the Virginia Department of Elections (https://www.elections.virginia.gov/).S. Senator unless a special election is called. All 11 Virginia U.S. House seats are up for election every two years, and local voters will elect their representative for Virginia's 6th Congressional District. County-level races may include constitutional officers if their terms expire in 2026. Virginia offers absentee voting by mail and early in-person voting. Any registered voter may vote absentee by mail without providing an excuse, under Virginia's no-excuse absentee voting law. Absentee ballot applications can be submitted online through the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal, by mail, or in person at the Alleghany County Registrar's office. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is 11 days before Election Day (5:00 PM). Completed ballots must be returned by mail (postmarked by Election Day and received by noon the third day after the election) or delivered in person to the registrar's office by 7:00 PM on Election Day. Early in-person voting (called "in-person absentee voting" in Virginia) is available at the registrar's office beginning 45 days before the election and ending the Saturday before Election Day.