Virginia Beach to hold public hearing before vote on ward election system
The city wants feedback on plans to implement a 10 single-member election system. A vote on the matter will likely take place later this month.
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The city wants feedback on plans to implement a 10 single-member election system. A vote on the matter will likely take place later this month.
Virginia Beach faces challenges in reforming its election system after a court ruling, but activists push for change to ensure fair representation. #VotingRights #CivilRights
VIRGINIA BEACH — The city could face renewed litigation in federal court if it chooses not to stick with the current ward-based election system, according to the city’s legal team. “The barriers to any system other than the 10-1 are strong, if not insurmountable,” Deputy City Attorney Christopher Boynton told the City Council on Tuesday. Citing a conversation at the end of May with a federal ...
A study of Virginia Beach's district election system found 81% of survey respondents want to keep the 10-1 system, where residents of a district elect only their representative. But a majority support a referendum to explore other election systems.
Hours into a court hearing on Wednesday in which Virginia Beach city attorneys sought to have a judge enforce a $3 million wrongful death settlement reached with the family of a man killed by a police officer in March 2021, the family withdrew its opposition to it and agreed to keep the settlement in place.