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Voter Guide: Janet A. Hix is running unopposed for Appomattox County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court Records. Janet A. Hix is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Appomattox County. Hix...
Voter Guide: Justin D. Midkiff is running unopposed for Buckingham County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Justin D. Midkiff is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Buckingham County. Midkiff...
Voter Guide: Tristana Pace Treadway is running unopposed for Fluvanna County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Tristana Pace Treadway is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Fluvanna County. Treadway...
Voter Guide: Ashby L. Lamb-Gomez is running unopposed for Greene County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Ashby L. Lamb-Gomez is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Greene County. Lamb-Gomez...
Voter Guide: Patty Coleman Madison is running unopposed for Louisa County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Patty Coleman Madison is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Louisa County. Madison...
Voter Guide: Lisa Bryant is running unopposed for Nelson County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Lisa Bryant is the incumbent and is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Nelson County. Bryant has...
Voter Guide: Melissa G. Morris is running unopposed for Orange County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. Melissa G. Morris is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Orange County. Morris has served as interim...
Voter Guide: D. Lynnette Coe is running unopposed for Prince Edward County Clerk of Court
In Virginia, clerks of Circuit Court are elected for eight-year terms and have a range of duties, including making sure the public has access to Circuit Court records. D. Lynnette Coe is running unopposed for the office of Clerk of Circuit Court for Prince Edward County. Coe has served as...
Voter Guide: Q&A with the one candidate running for two open Albemarle County seats for the Soil and Water Conservation district
In Virginia, 47 Soil and Water Conservation Districts are tasked with doing just what their name implies: conserving soil and water. They are staffed and governed by boards of directors. On the Soil and Water Conservation Thomas Jefferson District Board, there are 12 members; two directors are elected every four years from each locality, and two directors are appointed.
Voter Guide: There is no certified candidate to represent District 8 on the Prince Edward County School Board
There is no certified candidate running to represent District 2 on the Prince Edward County School Board. Voters can still write in a candidate on their ballots, and the person with the most write-in votes will be asked to join the board (assuming they are legally qualified to serve). But if there is no qualified write-in winner, or the winner does not accept the position, the Board will make an appointment, according to the Code of Virginia.
Voter Guide: There is no certified candidate to represent the Appomattox River District on the Appomattox County School Board
There is no certified candidate running to represent Appomattox River on the Appomattox County Public Schools Board. Voters can still write in a candidate on their ballots, and the person with the most write in votes (assuming they are legally qualified to serve) will be asked to join the board. But if there is no qualified write-in winner, or the winner does not accept the position, the Board will make an appointment, according to the Code of Virginia.
Voter Guide: There is no certified candidate to represent the Monroe District on Greene County’s Board of Supervisors
There is no certified candidate running to represent the Monroe District on the Greene County Board of Supervisors. Voters can still write in a candidate on their ballots, and the person with the most write in votes (assuming they are legally qualified to serve) will be asked to join the board. But if there is no qualified write-in winner, or the winner does not accept the position, the Board will make an interim appointment, according to the Code of Virginia.
Albemarle’s School Board stands by superintendent to extend his contract after receiving petition signed by 1,600 people to end it
Albemarle County School Board enthusiastically voted to extend Superintendent Matthew Haas’ contract through 2027 in an unanimous vote earlier this month. “One of the most important things that a school board does, and one that is outlined in the Virginia code, is hiring a superintendent,” said Board Vice Chair Kate Acuff. “I take this task seriously and I strongly support extending Dr. Haas’ contract.”
The next draft of Charlottesville’s zoning ordinance includes a new type of residential district
Charlottesville’s city-wide rezoning process takes yet another step toward its final phase. City Council has a work session tonight to consider a new draft. The most significant change it will see is the creation of a new type of residential district, “Residential Core Neighborhood A” (RN-A). The...
Voter Guide: Q&A with three candidates running for one seat to represent the Louisa District on the Louisa County Board of Supervisors
In Virginia, Boards of Supervisors govern counties and each member is elected for four-year terms. Louisa County’s Board of Supervisors has seven members, one for each district. There are three candidates running to represent the Louisa District this year. Christopher J. “Chris” Colsey, Greg D. Jones, Sr., and H....
Voter Guide: Q&A with the only candidate for Louisa County’s Commissioner of Revenue
In Virginia, Commissioners of Revenue are elected for four-year terms and serve as chiefs of taxation. Stacey Coleman Fletcher is the incumbent currently serving, and is the only certified candidate for the office of Commissioner of Revenue for Louisa County. Fletcher was appointed in 2019 and then won in that...
Voter Guide: There is no certified candidate to represent District 2 on the Cumberland County School Board
There is no certified candidate running to represent District 2 on the Cumberland County Public School Board. Voters can still write in a candidate on their ballots, and the person with the most write in votes (assuming they are legally qualified to serve) will be asked to join the board. But if there is no qualified write-in winner, or the winner does not accept the position, the Board will make an appointment, according to the Code of Virginia.
Watch: Charlottesville City Schools Board candidates talk about transgender student policies, school safety, bus transit, safety and mental health
The four candidates for Charlottesville City Schools took questions for over an hour Wednesday evening on topics ranging from police in schools to essential construction and renovation projects. The four candidates — Chris Meyer, Nicole Richardson, Amanda Burns and Shymora Cooper — will be on the ballot to fill four...
People who live in tents in Market Street Park explain their ‘Open House’ signs
You might have seen one of the new signs up at Market Street Park in Charlottesville: “Open House, Sat. 10/21, 12pm-2pm,” one reads. “Open House, Homeless Camp, Saturday 12pm-2pm,” says the other. People staying in the park say there’s not really an open house that afternoon,...
Voter Guide: Q&A with the only candidate running to represent District 5 on the Cumberland County Public Schools Board
In Virginia, county school boards are composed of optional at-large members, plus one member from each district in that county. They are elected to four-year terms and serve as the leaders of the school district by setting the policies and choosing the leadership of public schools, among other duties. The Cumberland County Public Schools Board has five members, one from each of its districts, and a student liaison.
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