Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Tried To Vote Tuesday: Officials

McLean VA

05 November, 2021

4:25 PM

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GREAT FALLS, VA — The 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin twice tried to cast a ballot on Election Day even though he is not yet eligible to vote, according to Fairfax County election officials. Youngkin's son was unsuccessful in his attempt to vote, and no crimes were committed, election officials said. Youngkin, a Republican, defeated Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday's election. The Republican candidates for Virginia lieutenant governor and attorney general also defeated their Democratic rivals. On Friday morning, Fairfax County's General Registrar was made aware of concerns that a 17-year-old male attempted on two occasions to vote on Election Day, Scott Konopasek, general registrar and director of elections in Fairfax County, said in a statement emailed to Patch. "The young man presented identification but was ineligible to be registered due to his age and was not permitted to vote," Konopasek said. "The man was given a registration form and encouraged to register for future elections. Contemporaneous notes by the Chief election officer indicate the person was Thomas Youngkin." The teen went to the Hickory precinct polling place at Great Falls Library. The location is not the polling place assigned to his home address, The Washington Post reported Friday. Election workers were able to determine he was not eligible to vote and did not allow him to cast a ballot. "The man did not vote. He made no false statements. He did not disrupt voting," Konopasek said. "Based upon information available to me now, it appears that he committed no election offense as defined in Chapter 10 of the Elections Code." Youngkin and his wife Suzanne, who live in Great Falls, have four children — three sons and one daughter. Earlier in his campaign for governor, Youngkin said his top issue was "election integrity," in reference to the false belief of supporters of former President Donald Trump that the 2020 election was stolen, The New York Times reported. Youngkin also offered supporters a "membership card" in his Election Integrity Task Force, according to the Times. Last month, Youngkin also said the state's voting machines should be audited, even though Virginia's Elections Department audited machines after the 2020 vote and confirmed that Trump lost the presidential election in Virginia. RELATED: McAuliffe Concedes VA Governor's Race To Republican Youngkin