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Election day is tomorrow for local, state races

Good morning! Today: our election day primer. Do you know as much civics as an 8th grader? Our civics contest lets you know.

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Nov 03, 2025
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If you weren’t one of the people who took advantage of early voting, your last chance to decide who will lead us is tomorrow, election day.

Polls will be open Nov. 4 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. In-person voting must take place at the polling place designated for your district. If you’re not sure where that is, check the portal at the Virginia Department of Elections.

Early in-person voting wrapped up on Saturday. By then, 23,762 people had voted in the 71st House of Delegates district represented by Amanda Batten, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. That was the highest turnout in any delegate race in the state.

The other house district in the Historic Triangle, 69, was third on the statewide early voting turnout, with 20,388 votes, according to VPAP.

Of more than 120 Williamsburg Watch readers who answered our admittedly unscientific poll, 80% said they had already voted.

Republican Amanda Batten is facing challenger Jessica Anderso…

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