Poll greeters–who simply hand out our Democratic sample ballots to voters arriving outside our polling places–are vital to the success of our down-ballot local candidates. Many arriving voters have little or no awareness of the local candidates on their official ballot, which also does not display the party affiliation of any local candidate. Democratic-leaning and independent voters often cast votes for down-ballot Democrats based solely on our sample ballots.
As feasible, we will offer our Democratic sample ballot to arriving voters as they exit their parked vehicles and start walking toward the polling place entrance.
Besides staffing multiple volunteer poll greeters outside all nine polling places in the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 5th, we will also do this in Manassas for all 32 full days of in-person early voting, from Friday, September 20 through Saturday November 2, typically from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. (This year, the Saturday early voting dates are October 26 and November 2, but there will be no early voting on Monday, October 14, the Columbus Day holiday.) Manassas will additionally offer five hours of early voting on Sunday, October 13, Noon to 5:00 pm. Our total staffing requirement for poll greeting exceeds 1300 volunteer hours, a major undertaking for our small all-volunteer organization.
The signup forms for all of our volunteer-staffed early voting poll greeting are linked below. If you can spare at least two or three hours to participate as an early voting poll greeter, we could really use your help! If your ability to greet voters on weekdays is limited, please take a poll-greeter shift or two for Saturday early voting on October 26 and/or November 2 in Manassas or Manassas Park.
In-Person Early Voting in Manassas
9/20/24 through 9/27/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
9/30/24 through 10/04/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
10/07/24 through 10/11/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
10/13/24 Sunday Early Voting in Manassas, Noon-5:00 PM
10/15/24 through 10/18/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
10/21/24 through 10/25/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
10/26/24 Saturday Early Voting in Manassas
10/28/24 through 11/01/24 Weekday Early Voting in Manassas
11/02/24 Saturday Early Voting in Manassas
In-Person Early Voting in Manassas Park
10/26/24 Saturday Early Voting in Manassas Park
11/02/24 Saturday Early Voting in Manassas Park
For questions or additional information, please contact us at [email protected] or 571-358-9893.
