今天是弗吉尼亚州的选举日整个大会都是公开的.
投票于当地时间早上6点开始，晚上7点结束。预计选举结果将在那之后公布，不过官员们要到晚些时候才会确认投票结果。
根据弗吉尼亚州选举部的数据，789，704名居民通过提前投票投了票，包括邮寄和亲自投票。
专员苏珊·比尔斯(Susan Beals)周二表示，尽管该部门“今年尽一切努力尽可能快速有效地提供结果”，但她注意到今年的投票时间很长，因为它包括大会以及其他办公室的所有140名成员，从主管到警长专员。
当被问及投票点是否有任何问题时，比尔斯说，切斯特菲尔德县有一个“短暂的问题”，但“一切都已解决。”比尔斯补充说，另外两个县经历了停电。
州立法机构目前在民主党领导的参议院和共和党领导的众议院之间分裂。这阻碍了共和党州长格伦·扬金的议程，包括他推动的为期15周的堕胎禁令，但强奸、乱伦和母亲的生命除外，共和党认为这是在这个问题上的妥协。
然而，州民主党人认为，如果保守派获得对整个州政府的控制，他们将走得更远，并希望对堕胎权的支持将成为一个激励性的问题。
双方当事人大力宣传堕胎和教育。
政治观察家称结果也会影响永金的未来鉴于他在比赛中的大量参与。
Virginia 2023 election results: When to expect projections in fight for General Assembly
It's Election Day in Virginia and theentire General Assembly is up for grabs.
Polls opened at 6 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m. local time. Projected election results are expected to begin after that, though officials won't certify the votes until later.
According to the Virginia Department of Elections, 789,704 residents cast their ballots through early voting, including mail-in and in-person ballots.
Commissioner Susan Beals said on Tuesday that while the department is "making every effort this year to provide results as quickly and efficiently as possible," she noted the length of this year's ballot because it includes all 140 members of the General Assembly as well as other offices, from supervisors to sheriff's commissioners.
When asked if there have been any issues at polling locations, Beals said there was a "brief issue" in Chesterfield County but that "everything has been resolved." Two other counties experienced power outages, Beals added.
The state Legislature is currently split between the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House of Delegates. That has stymied Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's agenda, including his push for a 15-week ban on abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, which the GOP believes is a compromise on the issue.
State Democrats, however, argue that conservatives will go further than that if they gain control of the entire state government and are hoping support for abortion access will be a motivating issue.
Both partieshave heavily campaignedon abortion and education.
Political observers say the resultswill also influence Youngkin's future, given his heavy involvement in the races.
