Richmond City Council / News
Release
Notice of Public Comment
Richmond residents invited and encouraged to review and provide public comment on proposed changes/updates to three Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Places/Locations (603, 909, and 910)
Locations to be
used for upcoming Virginia General and Special Election, being held Tuesday,
November 5, 2024
Richmond, Virginia – On Monday, April 22, 2024, two proposed ordinances
(Ord.
No. 2024-126
and
Ord.
No. 2024-127)
were
introduced during the Richmond City Council Formal Meeting that would change three current Richmond Polling
(Voting) Precinct Places/Locations, 603, 909, and 910.
One proposed change is in the Richmond
Gateway 6th Voter District and two are in the Richmond South Central
9th Voter District, as follows:
|
603 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Richmond Public Schools – Overby-Sheppard Elementary
School; 2300 First Avenue PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond
Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Station/Engine
15); 2614 First Avenue |
|
909 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Liberation Church; 5200 Midlothian Turnpike PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond Public Schools - Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School; 5601 Jahnke
Road |
|
910 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Richmond Public Schools - River
City Middle School; 6300 Hull Street Road PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond Public Schools - G. H. Reid Elementary School; 1301
Whitehead Road |
In considering the proposed updates to the Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct
Places/Locations, Richmond City Council invites and
encourages Richmond residents to review the proposed new
locations and, beginning today, email any public comment they may have
regarding, to cityclerksoffice@rva.gov.
In-person Public Comment on the proposed
updates will take place during the Richmond City Council Governmental Operations
Standing Committee Meeting on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 1:00-2:30 p.m. The proposed updates are anticipatorily on
schedule for more in-person Public Comment and final decision to be held during
the Richmond City Council Formal Meeting, on June
10, 2024; 6:00-8:00 p.m. Interested
persons may also present their views by teleconference/videoconference via
Microsoft Teams. To take advantage of this option, individuals must do so prior
to 10:00 a.m. on the meeting date, by calling the Office of the City Clerk at 804.646.7955
and selecting option 3, to register.
Richmond City Council encourages public transparency, engagement, and
involvement and is committed to efficiently and accurately reflecting the voice
of our community.
Helpful list of all Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct
Places/Locations
The three proposed updated/relocation of Richmond Polling
(Voting) Precinct Places/Locations, 603, 909, and 910 (bolded and size increased for ease of identification) are shown
below in the current list of all local Richmond locations.
|
Richmond
Polling (Voting) Precincts (Richmond, Virginia) Includes two proposed ordinances (Ord. No.
2024-126 and Ord. No.
2024-127) introduced April 22, 2024
that would change/update
three Richmond Polling (Voting) Precinct Places/Locations, 603, 909, and 910 Virginia General and Special Election (Tuesday, November 5, 2024) (updated 4.23.2024/1253hrs.) |
|
|
Precinct |
Place and Location |
|
101 |
Jepson Alumni Center -
University of Richmond; 442 Westhampton Way |
|
102 |
St. Giles Church; 5200 Grove
Avenue (enter from Tuckahoe Boulevard) |
|
104 |
First Presbyterian Church;
Locke Lane and Cary Street Road (4602 Cary Street Road) |
|
105 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Mary Munford Elementary School; 211 Westmoreland (Ave.) |
|
106 |
Grace Baptist Church; Dover
Road, Windsor Farms (4200 Dover Road) |
|
111 |
The Church of the Holy
Comforter; 4819 Monument Avenue |
|
112 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Thomas Jefferson High School; 4100 West Grace Street |
|
113 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Albert H. Hill Middle School; 3400 Patterson Avenue |
|
114 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities - Humphrey Calder Community Center; 414
North Thompson Street |
|
115 |
Richmond Department of Fire
and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Fire Station No. 19); 311
Maple Avenue |
|
204 |
First Baptist Church; N.
Arthur Ashe Boulevard at Monument Avenue (enter from North Mulberry parking
lot) (2709 Monument Avenue) |
|
206 |
Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU) Institute for Contemporary Art; 601 West Broad Street |
|
207 |
Virginia Museum of History
and Culture; 428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard |
|
208 |
Tabernacle Baptist Church;
1925 Grove Avenue |
|
213 |
Richmond Public Schools -
George Washington Carver Elementary School; 1110 West Leigh Street |
|
214 |
Virginia Commonwealth
University (VCU) - University Student Commons; Cherry and Main Streets
entrance; 907 Floyd Avenue |
|
215 |
Bon Secours Training Center;
2401 West Leigh Street |
|
216 |
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s
School; 1000 North Lombardy Street |
|
301 |
Richmond Public Schools -
John Marshall High School - South entrance; 4225 Old Brook Road |
|
302 |
Atlee Church; 3121 Moss Side
Avenue |
|
303 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Barack Obama Elementary School; 3101 Fendall Avenue |
|
304 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Richmond Community High School; 201 East Brookland Park
Boulevard |
|
305 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Albert V. Norrell Elementary School; 2120 Fendall Avenue |
|
306 |
Richmond Police Department -
Police Training Academy; 1202 West Graham Road |
|
307 |
Ginter Park Presbyterian
Church; 3601 Seminary Avenue |
|
308 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Linwood Holton Elementary School; 1600 W. Laburnum Avenue |
|
309 |
Imperial Plaza; 1717 Bellevue
Avenue |
|
310 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities - Calhoun Center; 436 Calhoun Street |
|
311 |
Maggie L. Walker Governor’s
School; 1000 N. Lombardy Street |
|
402 |
Forest Hill Presbyterian
Church; 4401 Forest Hill Avenue |
|
404 |
Jahnke Road Baptist Church;
6023 Jahnke Road |
|
409 |
Richmond Public Schools - J.
B. Fisher Elementary School; 3701 Garden Road |
|
410 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Huguenot High School; 7945 Forest Hill Avenue |
|
412 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Lucille M. Brown Middle School; 6300 Jahnke Road |
|
413 |
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran
Church; 7757 Chippenham Parkway |
|
414 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Southampton Elementary School; 3333 Cheverly Road |
|
415 |
Christ the King Lutheran
Church; 9800 West Huguenot Road |
|
501 |
Richmond Public Schools -
John B. Cary Elementary School; 3021 Maplewood Avenue |
|
503 |
Richmond Public Schools –
Maymont Preschool; 1211 S. Allen Avenue |
|
504 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities - Randolph Community Center; 1415
Grayland Avenue |
|
505 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Clark Springs Elementary School; 1101 Dance Street |
|
508 |
Woodland Heights Baptist
Church; 31st Street & Springhill Avenue (611 W. 31st Street) |
|
509 |
Richmond Public Schools - George
Wythe High School; 4314 Crutchfield Street |
|
510 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Swansboro Elementary School; 3160 Midlothian Turnpike |
|
602 |
Whitcomb Court Housing
Development Recreation Room; 2302 Carmine Street |
|
603 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Richmond Public Schools – Overby-Sheppard Elementary
School; 2300 First Avenue PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond
Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Station/Engine
15); 2614 First Avenue |
|
604 |
Fifth Street Baptist Church;
2800 Third Avenue |
|
606 |
Hotchkiss Community Center;
701 East Brookland Park Boulevard |
|
607 |
Richmond Public Library -
Main Library; 101 East Franklin Street |
|
609 |
Richmond Department of Fire
and Emergency Services – Fire Engine House (Station/Engine 13, Truck
5); Albany Avenue and Commerce
Road (411 E. Commerce Road) |
|
610 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities - Bellemeade Community Center; 1800
Lynhaven Avenue |
|
611 |
United Nations Church; 214
Cowardin Avenue |
|
701 |
Anna Julia Cooper School; 2100 N. 29th Street |
|
702 |
Bon Secours - Sarah Garland
Jones Center; 2600 Nine Mile Road |
|
703 |
Fourth Baptist Church; 2800 P
Street |
|
705 |
Richmond Public Schools – Henry L. Marsh,
III Elementary School; 813 N. 28th Street |
|
706 |
Recreation Center (Powhatan
Community Center); 5051 Northampton Street |
|
707 |
City Hall East (Richmond East
District Initiative Center); 25th and M Streets (701 N. 25th
Street) |
|
708 |
Richmond Main Street Station;
1500 E. Main Street |
|
709 |
Richmond Main Street Station;
1500 E. Main Street |
|
802 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities – Blackwell Community Center; 300 E.
15th Street |
|
806 |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities - Hickory Hill Community Center; 3000 E.
Belt Boulevard |
|
810 |
Celebration Church and
Outreach Ministry; 5501 Midlothian Turnpike |
|
811 |
Hobson Masonic Lodge; 801
Prince Hall Drive |
|
812 |
Branch’s Baptist Church; 3400
Broad Rock Road |
|
814 |
Richmond Public Schools –
Thomas C. Boushall Middle School; 3400 Hopkins Road |
|
902 |
Richmond Public Schools - E. S. H. Greene School (Cardinal Elementary
School); 1745 Catalina Drive |
|
903 |
Richmond Public Schools -
J. L. Francis Elementary School; 5146 Snead Road |
|
908 |
Richmond Public Schools -
Miles Jones Elementary School; 200 Beaufont Hills Drive |
|
909 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Liberation Church; 5200 Midlothian Turnpike PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond Public Schools - Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School; 5601 Jahnke
Road |
|
910 |
PROPOSED NEW LOCATION: Richmond Public Schools - River
City Middle School; 6300 Hull Street Road PROPOSED TO
NO LONGER BE HELD AT: Richmond Public Schools - G. H. Reid Elementary School; 1301
Whitehead Road |
|
911 |
Community Building, Southside
Regional Park (Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community
Facilities – Southside Community Center); 6255 Old Warwick Road |
|
Satellite |
Richmond City Hall; 900 East
Broad Street |
|
Satellite |
Richmond Department of Parks,
Recreation, and Community Facilities – Hickory Hill Community Center; 3000
Belt Boulevard |
Additional important and helpful local voting information
·
First day of in-person early voting at your local registrar's office: Friday,
September 20, 2024.
·
Deadline to register to vote, or update an existing registration: October
15, 2024 (Voters may register after this date, through
Election Day, and vote using a provisional ballot).
·
Deadline to apply for a ballot to
be mailed to you: October 25, 2024. Your
request must be received by your local voter registration office by
5:00 p.m.
·
Voter registration offices open
for early voting: Saturday, October 26, 2024.
·
The last day of in-person early
voting at your local voter registration office: Saturday,
November 2, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
·
See who is on your ballot by
viewing the candidate lists.
·
Register to vote or apply for an
absentee ballot online using the Citizen Portal.
·
Virginia
Department of Elections: Upcoming Elections
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/calendars-schedules/upcoming-elections.html
Richmond residents can search and confirm their
individual polling (voting) precinct number and place/location of where to
vote, through the following ways:
·
Virginia
Department of Elections web portals:
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/polling-place-lookup/
https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/
·
Contact the Richmond Office of Elections
directly, at 804.646.5950 (tel); vote@rva.gov (email)
·
Contact Keith Balmer, Director of Elections/General
Registrar, Richmond Office of Elections,
directly, at: keith.balmer@rva.gov (email)
·
Early/absentee
voting information is on the Richmond Office of
Elections (General Registrar) website, at https://www.rva.gov/elections/voting
Richmond Residents
Richmond
residents are invited and encouraged to attend Richmond City Council meetings
and to share their thoughts, comments, and ideas directly with the individual
Councilmember for their district.
CONTACT YOUR
COUNCILMEMBER
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their thoughts regarding the many compelling and competing city budgetary needs directly with
the individual Councilmember representing them. (https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council/council-contacts)
FIND YOUR
DISTRICT
The following helpful link can be used by residents, if
needed, to further assist in identifying their individual Richmond Voter
District:
Richmond Real Estate Property Search Database https://apps.richmondgov.com/applications/propertysearch/Search.aspx
(note:
Click for “Search by Property Address” - Once you’ve entered your address, use
the Govt. tab to identify your Voter Districts)
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Meeting - Live TV
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Government Access TV Cable Channel 17 in Richmond; beginning at Noon and 7:00
p.m.
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