Arlington Votes at 54 Polling Places on Tuesday — With a Ranked-Choice County Board Race and a Treasurer to Finish a Term

Arlington County votes the Virginia way on Tuesday: early, and at home. All 54 of the county's Election Day polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Election Day a voter must vote at their assigned precinct's polling place — not at any of the early voting sites that were open to everyone through October 31. A voter without ID can sign a confirmation statement or cast a provisional ballot.

The top of the ballot is statewide and federal: incumbent Democrat Mark Warner faces Republican Bert Mizusawa for the U.S. Senate, and in the 8th Congressional District, Democrat Don Beyer faces Republican Tony Sabio, Libertarian Shelly Arnoldi and independent Tim Sharman. Every Virginia ballot also carries three proposed constitutional amendments.

The county's own races are where Arlington's ballot gets unusual. The single County Board seat — incumbent chair Matt de Ferranti against Audrey Clement and David Sisson — is decided by ranked-choice voting, so Arlington voters rank the candidates in order of preference. A special election finishes the term of Treasurer Carla de la Pava, who retired in July: Kim Rucker, who has been filling in, faces Aasim Rawoot, and a regular election for a full treasurer's term follows next November. One school board seat is also up, with incumbent Bethany Zecher Sutton challenged by James Rives IV.

Mail voters have a hard edge to the week: a ballot returned by mail must be postmarked on or before November 3 and received by noon on Friday, November 6, to count. Everyone else has until 7 p.m. Tuesday — and, as everywhere in Virginia, anyone already in line at 7 p.m. can still vote.