General Election: November 6, 2012
President and Vice President
Republican Party
Mitt Romney, President
Paul Ryan, Vice President
Democratic Party
Barack Obama, President
Joe Biden, Vice President
Constitution Party
Virgil Goode, President
Jim Clymer, Vice President
Libertarian Party
Gary Johnson, President
James P. Gray, Vice President
Green Party
Jill Stein, President
Cheri Honkala, Vice President
United States Senate
Republican Party
George F. Allen
Democratic Party
Timothy M. Kaine
Member House of Representatives
Third District
Republican Party
Dean J. Longo
Democratic Party
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Member House of Representatives
Fourth District
Republican Party
J. Randy Forbes
Democratic Party
Ella P. Ward
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Question 1: Shall Section 11 of Article 1 (Bill of Rights) of the constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to require that eminent domain only be exercised where the property taken or damaged is for public use and, except for utilities or the elimination of a public nuisance, not where the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development; (ii) to define what is included in just compensation for such taking or damaging of property; and (iii) to prohibit the taking or damaging of more private property than is necessary for the public use?
Question 2: Shall Section 6 of Article IV (Legislature) of the Constitution of Virginia concerning legislative sessions be amended to allow the General Assembly to delay by no more than one week the fixed starting date for the reconvened or “veto” session when the General Assembly meets after a session to consider the bills returned to it by the Governor with vetoes or amendments?
Brochures on the amendments and sample ballots are available in the Registrar’s office. Call 804 722-8748 for more information.