In a 7-4 vote during Tuesday's Virginia Beach city council meeting, city council decided to halt the implementation of the 10-1 district voting system for 2025.

VIRGINIA BEACH — The City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to again ask the General Assembly to change the city charter so that it aligns with the election system Virginia Beach used for the 2022 and 2024 elections. The vote has teed up a fight over ...

The motion received the support of seven council members, but it needed nine affirmative votes to move forward.

Monday night the Virginia Beach NAACP held a town hall meeting to inform the community on the city's 10-1 voting system ahead of a vote expected to happen at Tuesday night's city council meeting.

City Council members derailed an effort Tuesday to change the city charter to formally adopt the current district-based election system, which was put in place after the previous at-large election