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Electoral board recommends small, non‑expressive tents at new registrar facility; council directs staff to codify guidance
Summary
The Virginia Beach Electoral Board told council it supports limited 10x10 canopies at the new registrar building to provide shade and storage for volunteers, but recommended strict limits on signage and placement; council signaled support and asked staff and the city attorney to craft an enforceable administrative directive.
The Electoral Board told the City Council it recommends allowing small, non‑expressive tents at the new voter registrar facility to give volunteers shade, a place to store belongings and a brief respite during long shifts. "We thought it was something simple, and then we realized that it wasn't quite as simple as we thought it was going to be," Electoral Board chair Nanette Miller said, describing observations from recent elections.
Members of the board proposed reserving discrete 10‑by‑10 canopies for party chairs to manage, with an alternating allocation and a requirement that tents not be…
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