Vote!

Hello fair readers, I am writing to you early this morning as I gather together all my methods of identification and prepare to vote.

If you have not picked up a Broadside election guide, listing all the local candidates, now is the time. If you want another list of candidates and their websites, you can find it here.

If you are registered to vote in VA then you must bring a form of identification to the polls. This includes a Passport, a VA-issued drivers license or DMV special ID Card, an employer-issued ID, or your social security card.

If you are not sure where to vote, you can look up your polling place at the Virginia State Board of Elections site.

If you are, like me, registered to vote under your on-campus address, then your voting place is:

WOODSON HIGH SCHOOL
9525 Main St
Fairfax VA 22031-4006
(FAIRFAX COUNTY)

and here is how to get there from on-campus:

1. 1 Depart Rivanna River Way
2. 2 Turn left onto Patriot Circle 0.1 mi
3. 3 Turn left onto Shenandoah River Ln 0.2 mi
4. 4 Turn left onto Roberts Rd 1.0 mi
5. 5 Turn right onto SR-236 East / Main St 1.3 mi
6. 6 Arrive at 9525 Main St, Fairfax, VA 22031-4006 The last intersection is Whitacre Rd If you reach SR-237 / Pickett Rd, you've gone too far

Now, don't be foolish. Change does not come from sitting on your arse. It doesn't matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican or an Independent; liberal, conservative or libertarian; now is the time to do your civic duty, one of the things this country requires of you that you can be proud of no matter what else you disagree with. Get out there (before 7 p.m.) and vote.