Over 16,500 ballots for Virginia’s redistricting referendum have been cast in Prince William County since early voting kicked off March 6, according to the county’s Office of Elections.

Early voting for the April 21 special election will close April 18. On the ballot is a question asking residents whether Virginia’s constitution should be amended to allow the Virginia General Assembly to adopt new congressional districts. The mid-decade redistricting plan has been championed by Democrats to secure more seats during the 2026 midterm elections.

According to Thalia Simpson, a spokesperson for the Prince William County Office of Elections, total turnout in the county for early voting was 16,635 through March 27 — which includes 5,187 in-person votes and 11,448 mail-in ballots — representing 5.01% of the county’s 332,197 registered voters.

The Office of Elections did not provided a breakdown by magisterial district.

“We don’t want to be the reason that anybody can sort of infer who has voted, who might be voting which way,” Simpson told InsideNoVa in a March 30 phone call. “So we don’t release that granular level at this stage.”

Satellite locations in Prince William County will open next weekend, April 11. The six locations include:

• Office of Elections — 9250 Lee Ave., Suite 1, Manassas, VA 20110 (currently open for early voting since March 6)
• A.J. Ferlazzo Building — 15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191
• Brentsville Courthouse — 12229 Bristow Road, Bristow, VA 20136
• Dumfries Community Center — 17757 Main St., Dumfries, VA 22026
• Haymarket Gainesville Library — 14870 Lightner Road, Haymarket, VA 20169
• Woodbridge DMV — 2731 Caton Hill Road, Woodbridge, VA 22191

Drop boxes for mail-in ballots will also be available at all six voting locations. Voting hours are as follows:

• Weekdays: 8:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays
• Saturdays, April 11 and April 18: 8:30 a.m. — 5 p.m.
• Sunday, April 12:11 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Statewide, 619,741 ballots have been cast across the commonwealth through Wednesday, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project. This includes 412,502 in-person and 207,239 by mail.

According to reporting from the Virginia Mercury, several majority-Republican jurisdictions have already cast between 10% and 15% of their ballots among registered voters, indicating strong GOP turnout.

But Simpson cautioned early numbers may be misleading, as the populations may be smaller than in areas with hundreds of thousands of registered voters, rendering it easier to cross the percentage threshold.

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