Volunteer Registrar Training Begins Sept. 10

A training session for volunteers who would like to help people register to vote in this fall's presidential election will be held at Mount Vernon Unitarian Church on Sept. 10.

Karla Mahoney, retired outreach director of the Fairfax County registrar’s office, will lead the training sponsored by the MVUC Social Justice Council.

The training covers how to conduct a voter registration drive, ways to register, how to check that the registration form is accurately completed, laws about handling and submission of registration forms, registration deadlines, new voter ID laws, and absentee voting.

Trainees will be connected with . Working at shopping centers and the Huntington Metro, they registered 625 voters in the Mount Vernon District north of Fort Belvoir during June and July.

“Helping someone get registered to vote is really gratifying,” said MVUC member Betsy Stevens, who helped register voters over the summer following a spring training at the church.

Voters can check the status of their registration at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections. The site also gives the eligibility requirements for absentee voting and the dates and hours for in-person absentee voting at the Mount Vernon Government Center on Parkers Lane beginning October 17.

The training will be held Sept. 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, contact Mary Paden at mary.paden@gmail.com.