Stuarts Draft, Virginia Public Records

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Law enforcement in Stuarts Draft is primarily provided by the Augusta County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 127 Market Street, Verona, VA 24482. The sheriff's office oversees public safety in the broader county, including the Stuarts Draft community. For specific requests related to arrests, mugshots, booking records, or criminal histories, residents should contact the records division of the Augusta County Sheriff's Office. The Stuarts Draft Police Department also supplements law enforcement efforts, focusing on community policing and fostering relationships with local residents.

Stuarts Draft voters are served by the Augusta County Office of Voter Registration and Elections, located at 18 Government Center Lane, Suite 6, Verona, VA 24482 (phone: 540-245-5656, website: https://www.co.augusta.va.us/government/voter-registration-and-elections). This office administers all aspects of voter registration, election administration, absentee voting, and polling place operations for Augusta County residents, including those in Stuarts Draft. Virginia residents can register to vote online at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/how-to-register/ through the Department of Elections Citizen Portal, or by submitting a paper application to the county registrar; the deadline to register for an election is 22 days before Election Day. Voters must provide their Virginia driver's license number or DMV ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number; first-time registrants who register by mail may need to provide identification when voting. Because Stuarts Draft is an unincorporated community with no municipal government, there are no town council, mayoral, or city elections; instead, Stuarts Draft residents vote in county, state, and federal elections. Augusta County is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors representing six magisterial districts; Stuarts Draft falls primarily within the Beverley Manor District, with the supervisor elected to four-year terms. Stuarts Draft residents can find their assigned polling place by using the Virginia Department of Elections polling place lookup tool at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/PollingPlaceLookup or by contacting the Augusta County Voter Registration office. In the November 2024 presidential election, Augusta County reported voter turnout of approximately 73-75% of registered voters, with over 30,000 ballots cast countywide reflecting strong civic engagement in this conservative-leaning region of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Looking ahead to the November 3, 2026 general election, Stuarts Draft and Augusta County voters will decide several significant races: Virginia does not have a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2026 (Senator Tim Kaine was re-elected in 2024 and Senator Mark Warner's term extends to 2027), and Virginia's gubernatorial elections occur in odd-numbered years (most recently 2025), so the 2026 ballot will focus on the U.S. House of Representatives (Stuarts Draft is in Virginia's 6th Congressional District, currently represented by Ben Cline), all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates (Stuarts Draft is in the 33rd District), and potentially county constitutional offices such as Sheriff, Commonwealth's Attorney, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, and Clerk of Circuit Court, most of which are elected to four-year terms. Virginia election records that are publicly accessible include voter registration lists (available for purchase by qualified requesters under strict use restrictions), campaign finance disclosure reports searchable at https://apps.elections.virginia.gov/CampaignFinance/, candidate filings and nominating petitions, and precinct-level election results posted by the Department of Elections at https://results.elections.virginia.gov/. To request an absentee ballot in Virginia, voters may apply online at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov, by mail, email, fax, or in person at the Augusta County registrar's office; Virginia offers no-excuse absentee voting, meaning any registered voter can vote absentee without providing a reason. The deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is 11 days before Election Day (though the ballot must be returned by 7:00 PM on Election Day), and in-person absentee voting is available at the registrar's office beginning 45 days before the election and ending the Saturday before Election Day. Absentee ballots must be returned by mail (postmarked by Election Day and received by noon the third day after the election), in person to the registrar's office, or at designated drop boxes if available in Augusta County.