Registrar's Office
Early Voting and Absentee Ballots in Lynchburg
Early Voting begins on September 22nd in Virginia. For voters who vote in Lynchburg precincts, the Registrar’s office will be open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM business days between 9/22 and 11/3 for early in-person voting. The office will also be open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday October 28th and Saturday November 4th for early voting.
GLTC is offering free bus fare to the early voting site at the Registrar's office at 825 Kemper street on Thursday September 22nd 2023.
Office location:
825 Kemper Street Suite A Lynchburg, VA 24501
For those wishing to vote by mail, absentee ballot applications and instructions can be found online at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/formswarehouse/absentee/. Applications can be sent by mail or email to the Lynchburg registrar’s office at any time but must be received in the office by 5 PM on October 27th. There is also a drop box for absentee ballots that will be available during early voting hours at the Registrar’s office.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 10036 Lynchburg, VA 24506
Email address: registrar@lynchburgva.gov
PLEASE NOTE: It is not necessary to file an absentee ballot application to vote early at the Registrar’s Office. Absentee ballot applications are only required when the voter wishes to vote BY MAIL rather than in person at the office or in the precinct.
If you request an absentee ballot and later decide to vote in person either early in the Registrar’s Office or on election day in your assigned precinct, please BRING THE ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU RECEIVED WITH YOU. If you do not produce the issued absentee ballot at early voting, you must either swear a state provided affirmation under penalty of law or vote a provisional ballot. If you do not produce the issued absentee ballot on election day, you may only vote a provisional ballot.
City of Lynchburg Electoral Board Report of Election Incidents from November 2, 2021 Election
Apply Online to become an Officer of Election
Apply Online for an Absentee Ballot
Virginia Vote by Mail Application Form
The City of Lynchburg uses Unisyn Voting equipment. All voting equipment must undergo rigorous testing and certification by the State Board of Elections. All ballots in Lynchburg are marked on paper, including the one touch-screen voting device offered to voters with disabilities who could have trouble filling in the circles on a paper ballot with ink; the touch-screen devices print a paper ballot on which the voter can confirm that his or her vote was properly recorded. All paper ballots are fed into a scanning machine for counting, and the machine keeps an electronic image of every ballot scanned. The scanned vote totals are reviewed and confirmed one by one for each voting precinct by the Electoral Board the day after each election in a "canvass."
All absentee ballots submitted by mail or brought to the registrar’s office before and during Election Day are required to be submitted in supplied envelope which includes the voter’s signature.
The electronic vote totals and the images are downloaded onto thumb drives at the close of federal elections. All paper ballots from all elections and thumb drives are kept by the circuit court clerk's office for two years after federal elections so that they can be examined and counted in the case of a recount or other need.
Virginia Election Code
FOIA Policy
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Electoral Board & Registrar |
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David B. Neumeyer, Esq. , Chair Daniel Pense, Director of Elections & |
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Contact Information |
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825 Kemper Street |
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Hours |
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9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday |
434-477-5999
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