RICHMOND — People waited in lines on the last day of early voting to cast their ballots for Virginia’s first female governor. Several said the race was too important to them to chance something coming up on Election Day that might keep them from the polls.

Over 1.4 million early votes were cast in Virginia as of Nov. 2, which is almost 300,000 more than the 2021 election, according to data from the Virginia Public Access Project.

Polling places in Richmond and Henrico were bustling on Nov. 1, the final day of early voting.

There was about a 10-minute wait at the Richmond Office of Elections in the early afternoon. A fish and chips truck was there to reward voters with lunch, compliments of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. The organization was hosting its annual “Souls t

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