As far as election days go, the national spotlight will be very dim this Tuesday in every state except Virginia and New Jersey, where voters will go to the polls to cast ballots in the only two gubernatorial races in the nation.

In Suffolk, approximately 20,000 people could make their choices, either in person or through absentee ballots.

There are 46,516 registered voters in the city. But if 2001 results, in which 43.3 percent of Suffolk’s registered voters participated, and the estimates from Suffolk’s voter registrar office are accurate, no more than half of those people will cast votes.

Slightly more than 500 absentee ballots have been distributed to Suffolkians according to the city’s registrar. That figure includes 162 ballots sent to Suffolk residents currently overseas. There is no record of that figure divided by foreign country.

There will be 22 polling stations in Suffolk open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday (number in parenthesis denotes the precinct’s House of Delegates district).

Sleepy Hole Borough

Driver (76)

John Yeates Middle School, 4901 Bennett’s Pasture Road

Harbour View (79)

Northern Shores Elementary School, 6701 Respass Beach Road

Bennett’s Creek (76)

Nansemond River Baptist Church, 2896 Bridge Road

Chuckatuck Borough

Ebenezer (76)

CE&H Ruritan House, 8881 Eclipse Drive

Chuckatuck (76)

Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Station, 300 Kings Highway

King’s Fork (76)

King’s Fork Middle School, 350 King’s Fork Road

Cypress Borough

White Marsh (77)

East Suffolk Community Center, 134 South Sixth Street

John F. Kennedy (split between 76 and 77)

John F. Kennedy Middle School, 2325 E. Washington Street

Cypress Chapel (76)

Cypress Chapel Community House, 1890 Cypress Chapel Road

Whaleyville Borough

Airport (77)

Suffolk Municipal Airport, 200 Airport Road

Whaleyville (76)

Whaleyville Community Center, 6235 Whaleyville Boulevard

Southside (77)

Bettie S. Davis Village Meeting Room, 100 Dover Court

Holy Neck Borough

Kilby’s Mill (76)

Forest Glen Middle School, 200 Forest Glen Drive

Holland (76)

Holland Volunteer Fire Station, 6666 O’Kelly Drive

Holy Neck (76)

Southwestern Elementary School, 9301 Southwestern Boulevard

Lake Cohoon (76)

King’s Fork Community House, 1600 King’s Fork Road

Suffolk Borough

Lakeside (76)

Morgan Memorial Library, 443 West Washington Street

Olde Towne (76)

Salvation Army, 400 Bank Street

Elephant’s Fork/Westhaven (76)

Elephant’s Fork Elementary School, 2316 William Reid Drive

Nansemond Borough

Hollywood (77)

Hoffler Apartments Community Room, 2210 East Washington Street

Nansemond River (76)

Nansemond River High School, 3301 Nansemond Parkway

Yeates (79)

Word of Faith Church, 4300 Judah Lane

Statewide and local offices and candidates (Rep. n Republican, Dem. n Democratic, Con. n Constitutional, Ind. n Independent)

Governor

Rep. – Jerry W. Kilgore

Dem. n Timothy M. Kaine

Ind. n H. Russ Potts, Jr.

Lieutenant Governor

Rep. n William T. “Bill” Bolling

Dem. n Leslie L. Byrne

Attorney General

Rep. n Robert F. “Bob” McDonnell

Dem. n R. Creigh Deeds

House of Delegates District 76

Rep. n S. Chris Jones

Con. n James A. Scheideman

House of Delegates District 77

Dem. n Lionell Spruill, Sr.

House of Delegates District 79

Dem. n Johnny S. Joannou

Commonwealth’s Attorney

Ind. n C. Phillips “Phil” Ferguson

Sheriff

Ind. n Raleigh H. Isaacs Sr.

Ind. n Timothy L. Mallory

Commissioner of Revenue

Ind. n Thomas A. Hazelwood

Treasurer

Ind. n Ronald H. Williams