Residents of Southern Virginia Beach could receive a new absentee voting location ahead of the fall midterm elections.
Virginia Beach city council is expected to vote next week to open a satellite absentee voting location at Princess Anne Library.
The decision would close the current satellite site at Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library, located about a mile away from the voter registrar’s office.
The registrar’s office moved in February from its offices at the Municipal Center to offices near Mount Trashmore. According to Director of Elections Christine Lewis, this left residents of the Pungo and Princess Anne areas without an accessible early voting site.
Early voting for November’s election has already started at the city’s registrar’s office. Satellite voting locations, like the libraries, will open closer to Election Day.
“We open up different satellite locations throughout the city to make it convenient for voters during the last week of voting,” she said.
Lewis said the proposed Princess Anne Library site would be used for voting in the November elections and presidential primaries.
Councilwoman Barbara Henley praised the proposal to move the satellite site to a more accessible location for southern Virginia Beach residents. Henley represents that part of the city on council.
“I’m sure it was going to have an effect on their early voting and registration,” she said at a city council meeting on Tuesday.
Elections this November include representatives for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as City Council and School Board in Virginia Beach.
