Valentines, Virginia Public Records

Virginia residents can register to vote online through the Virginia Department of Elections' citizen portal at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/Registration/Eligibility, where eligible citizens complete voter registration applications, update existing registrations, or check their current status. To register in Virginia, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, residents of the state, at least 18 years old by the next general election, and not currently declared mentally incapacitated by a court or convicted of a felony unless civil rights have been restored. The registration deadline is 22 days before any election. Because Valentines is an unincorporated community without its own municipal government, there are no city council elections, mayoral races, or town-specific ballot measures. Instead, residents vote in Brunswick County, state, and federal elections. Voters can locate their assigned polling place using the Virginia Department of Elections' polling place lookup tool at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation, which requires entering name and date of birth or address information. Typical voting precincts serving the area are located at community centers, schools, or fire stations in the northeastern portion of Brunswick County, with specific locations confirmed closer to each election. Under Virginia's Freedom of Information Act and election laws, certain election records are public, including voter registration lists available to candidates, political parties, and authorized requesters with restrictions on commercial use, campaign finance reports filed by candidates and political committees searchable at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/campaign-finance/, candidate qualification documents, and certified election results by precinct. One of Virginia's two U.S. Brunswick County Board of Supervisors positions representing various magisterial districts may also appear on the ballot depending on term expirations, along with constitutional officers such as Sheriff, Commissioner of the Revenue, Commonwealth's Attorney, Treasurer, and Clerk of Circuit Court, all of whom serve four-year terms. Virginia voters can request absentee ballots for any reason under current law, either by mail or in-person during the early voting period. Absentee ballot applications can be submitted online at https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation, by mail, or in person at the Brunswick County General Registrar's Office. Mail-in absentee ballots must be requested no later than 11 days before the election and returned by 7:00 PM on Election Day either by mail, postmarked by Election Day and received within three days, or delivered in person to the General Registrar's office or the voter's assigned polling place. In-person early voting, also called absentee voting in person, is available at the Registrar's office beginning 45 days before the election and continuing through the Saturday before Election Day, providing residents the flexibility to vote on their schedule without needing to appear at their polling place on Election Day itself.