The deadline for citizens to register for the 2012 local Municipal General and Special Elections is April 9. Registration applications must be postmarked or received by the Office of Voter Registration and Elections, 300 Park Ave., Suite 101 East, Falls Church, by that date. All citizens who will be 18 years old on or before May 1, the date of the elections, are eligible to register and vote in this election.

The Voter Registration Application is available at fallschurchva.gov/vote and in the Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

The May 1 Election will be the first to use the new voting ward configuration. All voters affected by that change will receive a new voter registration card with the new voting location. The new cards will be mailed no later than April 16. Voters may destroy the old voter registration card when they receive the new card.

For more information, call 703-248-5085.