Mount Vernon region heads to the polls in 2018 midterm election
By Fort Hunt Herald
Hundreds of thousands of people across the region voted today, Nov. 6, in a consequential election that could reshape the U.S. House and Senate and determine whether Fairfax County can borrow money to proceed with an ambitious facility upgrade program for local police and fire stations, courts and detention centers.
As of 10 a.m., Fairfax County estimated voting turnout to be 31.58 percent of the County’s 702,745 active registered voters across 243 precincts. That estimate is based on in-person voting at booths so far, as well as the 85,672 absentee ballots. Absentee mail ballots will continue to be accepted and counted until 7 p.m. tonight.
Fort Hunt Herald’s Steve Hunt braved the wet weather to capture these photos of the voting taking place across our community.
Despite the rain, voting was steady for the Hollin Hall Precinct at the Hollin Hall Senior Center, the Marlan Precinct at the Paul Spring Retirement Community on Fort Hunt Road, and the Sherwood Precinct at Whitman Middle School with a steady stream of voters coming in to cast their ballots in the late morning.
Del. Paul Krizek (D-44th) spent much of Election Day visiting polling places, speaking with his constituents in the district, passing out Democratic sample ballots, and thanking them for voting, including at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School, the voting site for both the Fairfield and Pinewood Precincts.