Democrats said they had no way of knowing which candidates the 55 votes went for — but the ballots arrived on time and came from active-duty service personnel.

Del.-elect Lee Carter of Manassas, a Democrat who served five years in the Marines, said it was egregious that Stafford officials would not count military votes on Friday — the birthday of the Marine Corps and Veterans Day weekend.

“For Stafford County to say ‘Happy birthday, Marines. By the way, your vote doesn’t count.’ It’s completely unconscionable to me,” Carter said.

A man who answered the phone at a number listed for Chittum said, “Sir, there’s nothing to be said to you. She’s not available,” and then hung up.

Voters in Virginia who cast provisional ballots have until noon Monday to return with proper identification to verify the validity of their right to vote in those elections. The registrars then will count those ballots to complete their canvass of election results by the Tuesday deadline for doing so.

Democrats said Stafford elections officials refuse to release the names of those who voted absentee, as other jurisdictions did. Democrats want to reach out to those voters to encourage them to show up by Monday to have their vote count.