Virginia Beach council approves referendum on voting system for November ballot

The Virginia Beach City Council voted to let the people decide how they want to vote in city elections.

On Tuesday night, council approved a resolution in a 7-4 split that would add a referendum on the city’s voting system to November’s ballot.

The referendum will ask residents if they want the General Assembly to change the city’s charter to include the system that’s been used the past two cycles: a 10-1 system with district elections for council seats and one at-large election for mayor, or a modified 7-3-1 system with seven district elections, three at-large council seats and the mayor…

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