City of Alexandria, Virginia
________________
MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER /s/
DOCKET TITLE:
TITLE
Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Replace Saint James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and Add the Charles Houston Center as a New Polling Place with Associated Changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters Precinct Boundaries. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
BODY
_________________________________________________________________
ISSUE: Consideration of an ordinance to replace St. James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and add the Charles Houston Center as a new polling place with associated changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters precinct boundaries.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council hold the public hearing and adopt the ordinance (Attachment 1) to replace Saint James Church with the Hermitage Polling Place and add the Charles Houston Center as a new polling place with associated changes in the Durant Center and Fire Department Headquarters precinct boundaries.
BACKGROUND: The Alexandria Electoral Board, which is comprised of three bipartisan members who are appointed by the Alexandria Circuit Court for staggered three year terms, is responsible for making recommendations to City Council concerning changes in precinct boundaries and the establishment of new precincts. City Council has the statutory authority to make these changes.
In making its recommendations to Council, the Electoral Board is primarily concerned with ensuring that precincts conform to legal requirements, are a manageable size, have suitable voting facilities and are fully accessible. The Electoral Board monitors any changes in the availability of polling place facilities and also considers the current number of registered voters, in-person turnout statistics, the size of the voting facility and...
Click here for full text