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Choice in Bond Vote Is 2 New High Schools -- or None County voters will be asked Tuesday to approve more than $127 million in funding for public building projects this year, the vast majority of which would go to construct two high schools south of the Dulles Greenway in eastern Loudoun. Sales Tax Referendum Proposed Tax Hike Has High Stakes Capping a two-year effort by state legislators and six months of organizing, fundraising and grass-roots campaigning, Northern Virginia voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide a critical issue for their region: whether to levy a regional tax for transportation. • Where the Sales Tax Money Would Go Electoral Districts With Changes in Electoral Districts, Many Will Vote at New Sites Loudoun County's new electoral districts, eliminating one district in the western part of the county and adding one in the eastern part, will be in effect Tuesday, meaning that many -- though not all -- polling locations will have changed. Voting In Virginia Voting Hours Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Killings Command Voters' Attention For the second year in a row, terror took the politics right out of Northern Virginia's political season. Absentee Voting People who will be away from the county Tuesday or who are unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability may vote by absentee ballot. U.S. House District 10 Seeking to Oust Wolf, Stevens Pledges Community Approach Taking on Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) in Northern Virginia can be tough going. The last Democrat who tried, Cornell Brooks, lost to the popular incumbent by nearly 3 to 1 in 1998. Democrats didn't even field a candidate two years ago. • Candidate Profiles: U.S. House District 10 U.S. Senate Two Challengers To Warner Focus On War With Iraq The U.S. Senate race pits four-term incumbent and Virginia political legend John W. Warner (R) against two underfunded and relatively unknown candidates: Jacob G. Hornberger Jr. and Nancy B. Spannaus. • Candidate Profiles: U.S. Senate Statewide Bond Issues $900 Million Would Help Update Colleges Aside from the sales-tax referendum, Northern Virginia voters will cast ballots on another crucial ballot measure Tuesday: a $900 million bond issue for higher education. • Bond Proposals Statewide Bond Issues A Referendum on Recreation Funding In pushing for a yes vote on a $119 million park bond proposal in Tuesday's election, proponents stress that the measure would not increase taxes or harm Virginia's AAA bond rating, but that it would help preserve dwindling natural areas and stimulate the state's struggling economy. • Bond Proposals State Constitutional Amendments Nonprofits Seek to Simplify Tax Breaks Virginia voters will be asked Tuesday to amend the state constitution to streamline the way nonprofit organizations apply for local property-tax breaks. • State Constitutional Amendments State Constitutional Amendments Even After Proven Guilty, New Room for Innocence Aproposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution would clear the way for convicted felons to present the Virginia Supreme Court with new scientific evidence that could prove their innocence. • State Constitutional Amendments Candidate Profiles: U.S. House District 1 Jo Ann S. Davis •* (R) Age: 52 Residence: Gloucester, Va. © 2002, 2003 The Washington Post Company |
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