Suffolk prepares for Election Day
Published 6:40 pm Saturday, October 30, 2010
Election Day is just around the corner again, and Suffolk voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote for City Council and School Board members, as well as send a congressional representative to Capitol Hill and give their opinion on constitutional amendments.
Sixteen candidates are vying for open seats on both local bodies in four boroughs: Chuckatuck, Cypress, Holy Neck and Suffolk.
In Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, incumbent Randy Forbes, a Republican, is being challenged by Wynne LeGrow, the Democratic nominee.
And voters will cast “yes” or “no” votes on state constitutional amendments having to do with tax relief and the state’s rainy-day fund.
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Only registered voters who have not voted by absentee ballot will be permitted to cast a ballot on Election Day.
If you don’t know what precinct you live in or are not sure if you’re registered to vote, visit the State Board of Elections website at www.sbe.virginia.gov. You can also call the Suffolk voter registrar’s office at 514-7750, but remember staffers there will likely be very busy on Election Day.
A list of polling places, by precinct, follows. Residents of the White Marsh precinct, who formerly voted at East Suffolk Community Center, should remember their polling place has changed since the last election. It now is at the East Suffolk Recreation Center, located next door to their former polling place.
The recreation center will be closed to its normal activities for the day to allow for an easier voting process. Because many public schools are used as polling places, Suffolk Public Schools students also have the day off.
Boroughs WITH local elections
Chuckatuck Borough
Chuckatuck
Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department, 300 Kings Highway
Ebenezer
Crittenden Community House, 8881 Eclipse Drive
King’s Fork
King’s Fork Middle School, 350 Kings Fork Road
Cypress Borough
Cypress Chapel
Cypress Chapel Community House, 1890 Cypress Chapel Road
White Marsh
East Suffolk Recreation Center, 138 S. Sixth St.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Middle School, 2325 E. Washington St.
Holy Neck Borough
Kilby’s Mill
Forest Glen Middle School, 200 Forest Glen Drive
Holland
Holland Volunteer Fire Department, 6666 O’Kelly Drive
Lake Cohoon
King’s Fork Community House, 1600 Kings Fork Road
Holy Neck
Southwestern Elementary School, 9301 Southwestern Blvd.
Suffolk Borough
Elephant’s Fork/Westhaven
Elephant’s Fork Elementary School, 2316 William Reid Drive
Lakeside
Morgan Memorial Library, 443 W. Washington St.
Olde Towne
Salvation Army, 400 Bank St.
Boroughs WITHOUT local elections
Nansemond Borough
Hollywood
Hoffler Apartments Community Room, 2210 E. Washington St.
Nansemond River
Nansemond River High School, 3301 Nansemond Parkway
Yeates
Word of Faith Church, 4300 Judah Lane
Sleepy Hole Borough
Driver
John Yeates Middle School, 4901 Bennetts Pasture Road
Bennett’s Creeek
Nansemond River Baptist Church, 2896 Bridge Road
Harbour View
Northern Shores Elementary School, 6701 Respass Beach Road
Whaleyville Borough
Southside
Faith Temple Ministries Christian Fellowship Center, 623 Brook Ave.
Airport
Suffolk Municipal Airport, 200 Airport Road
Whaleyville
Whaleyville Community Center, 6235 Whaleyville Blvd.