Virginia Election

Challenging Information for politically curious advanced readers:  Fairfax and Virginia Election 2019

Tomorrow, Virginians will vote on the local and state politicians who run the schools and set zoning and business laws.

The whole country will look at Virginia tomorrow because it is the most likely state to change from a Republican majority to a Democrat majority.  (Some people are retiring.  There are currently three more Republicans than Democrats in the State legislator.  There is no Republican candidate for the Virginia Senate on my ballot.)

Voting Information
Government Website that lists all the Candidates in Virginia. Scroll down to your district number and right to their websites.

NPR Guide to Northern Virginia Elections. You can use this to get the names and district number for the websites listed on the Government Website

Common Political Vocabulary

Issue = Idea that people loudly disagree about

Minimum Wage -- No business can pay a worker below this hourly pay

Abortion -- pregnant women can have surgery to not have a baby  (prochoice-- surgery is available, and the government may pay for poor women to get it.  prolife-surgery is illegal -- considered murder)

Gun Control -- Government should decide or restrict who can own guns

2nd Amendment Rights -- Everybody should be able to buy a gun

ERA  (Equal Rights Amendment) -- A constitutional change that says that all laws apply to women and men the same way.

When I was younger, I loved the voting information from the League of Women Voters.  Now they link to Vote 411 and directly to the candidate's websites.  Vote 411 is a website that gives information about all the political races in the USA.  It was started by the democratic party, but they try to be fair in their information.

Vote 411 Information about the ballot for people who live near Plum Center  (Not simplified for ESOL, and not really finished)

WTOP News about the election