Virginian's attitudes about voting and drinking have changed somewhat since George Washington's times.

In 1918, Election Day was made a state holiday (Ch. 66, 1918 Acts of Assembly). In 1934, the ABC law was enacted and liquor sales by government stores were prohibited on any election day in any county, city, or town.

Then the ABC law evolved to prohibit liquor sales on legal holidays. It was not until 1989, that Virginia dropped its November election day as a legal holiday, which then allowed sales of liquor by government stores on election day. (The 1989 change replaced the election day holiday with the Friday after Thanksgiving to provide for the long holiday weekend).

For most practical purposes, Virginia voters (unlike those in Illinois) are prohibited from voting in bars. According to the Code of Virginia, each polling place "shall be located in a public building whenever practicable" and no polling place "shall be located in a building which serves primarily as the headquarters, office, or assembly building for any private organization, other than an organization of a civic, educational, religious, charitable, historical, patriotic, cultural, or similar nature, unless the State Board as approved the use of the building ..." (Code of Virginia, 24.2-310 & 310.1).

Currently, there do not seem to any bars in Virginia seconding as a polling place. Virginia is still under the Voting Rights Act of 1964 and it is likely that the decision to have a bar second as a polling place would have to pass my the U.S. Department of Justice.