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Registration snag in Suffolk

Updated: Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 7:28 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 7:17 AM EST

SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - It's Election Day and polling places across Hampton Roads and all over Virginia are busy with the hustle and bustle of people checking in to vote.

This morning, some voters in Suffolk hit a minor registration snag when they appeared in the electronic poll log as absentee voters.

Voting officials said a few voters had to visit the registrar's office to confirm they were not registered as absentee voters. Voting officials then started cross-checking the electronic log against the paper poll log, which had correct voter information according to voting officials.

It seems if voters registered to vote last year with absentee ballots, the electronic log had them voting again this year absentee, officials said. The paper log, they said, has current and accurate information.

Virginians will elect a new governor Tuesday. Races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and the House of Delegates are also on the ballot.

Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds are competing to succeed Gov. Tim Kaine, who is ineligible for re-election under the Virginia Constitution. The race is being watched nationally because it's one of only two gubernatorial elections this year.

Democrat Jody Wagner is challenging Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who is seeking a second term. Two Fairfax County legislators, Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Steve Shannon, are running for attorney general.

Sixty-nine of Virginia's 100 House seats are contested.

Polls close at 7 p.m.

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