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Virginians head to the polls Tuesday

Virginia voters will head to the polls on March 1 to take part in next week’s Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Polls in Gloucester and Mathews counties will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturday is the last day to vote in-person absentee at local voter registrar offices and both offices will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. that day.

During Super Tuesday, the biggest single day on the 2016 primary calendar, 12 states and one territory will hold primaries and caucuses in the race for the Democratic and Republican nominations.

Per Virginia law, voters must choose whether to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary, and no voter may vote in more than one political party’s primary on Tuesday.

“There are separate poll books, separate ballots and ballot boxes,” said Gloucester voter registrar Bobbi Morgan. “Results for each primary are tallied separately and Virginia law only allows you to vote in one of these two separate elections.”

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