Tuesday is the voter registration deadline for Virginia’s June primary election

by: Amelia Heymann

Posted: May 25, 2020 / 02:08 PM EDT / Updated: May 26, 2020 / 02:39 PM EDT

FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, voters cast their ballots, in Gates Mills, Ohio. An Associated Press review has found that thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots by mail in 2018’s general election because of a missing or mismatched signature on their ballot application. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The June Primary Election is right around the corner and so is the deadline to register to vote.

The last day to register to vote for next month’s primaries is Tuesday, May 26. You can register to vote or update your voter information on the Virginia Department of Election’s website.

The primaries are June 23. The deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you is Tuesday, June 16. You can apply online or in-person at your local registrar’s office.

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