Be Prepared: What's on the Ballot?

— Early voting (technically voting absentee-in-person) is already underway in Virginia, so you can go out and vote this week.

Every voter in Virginia will vote for U.S senator and member in the U.S. House of Representatives, in addition to President of the United States and two constitutional questions.

Two constitutional questions will appear on all Virginia ballots, one about the use of eminent domain and one about the timing of a particular session of the General Assembly to consider overriding vetoes by the governor of legislation that was passed by the assembly. See http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/webdocs/201211ConstitutionalAmendmentsPoster.pdf.

In the City of Alexandria, voters will also choose a mayor, members of the city council and school board.

The Alexandria City Council is composed of a mayor and six council members who are elected at-large for three-year terms. Incumbent Mayor Bill Euille (D) will face Andrew H. Macdonald (I) in the race for mayor.

Alexandria voters will choose six City Council members from a list of 12: Frank H. Fannon IV (R)*, Alicia R. Hughes (R), John R. “Bob” Wood (R), John Taylor Chapman (D), Timothy Lovain (D), Del Pepper (D), Allison Silberberg (D), Paul C. Smedberg (D), Justin M. Wilson (D), Glenda B. Davis (I), Robert Krause (L), Jermaine A. Mincey (I). ( means incumbent.)

The Alexandria City School Board is a nine-member elected body that adopts policy for the daily operation of schools and sees that school laws are properly explained, enforced, and observed. The city is divided into three voting districts, and three board members are elected from each district. Each member serves a three-year term. Incumbents are marked with *.

School Board District A: Stephanie Amann Kapsis, William E. "Bill" Campbell, Karen A. Graf, Helen F. Morris, Joyce D. Rawlings, Heath E. Wells.

School Board District B: Michael A. Brookbank, Chyrell D. Bucksell, Kelly Carmichael Booz, Justin P. Keating, Marc Williams* .

School Board District C: Ronnie M. Campbell*, Patricia A. "Pat" Hennig, Christopher J. Lewis, Jeff N. Zack.