With the general election coming up on Nov. 3, the tight race for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is garnering national attention.
Voters in the Fifth District — which includes the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County — will choose between Webb and Republican candidate Bob Good on the ballot for the Nov. 3 general election.
While the University would prefer people gathering outside to inside, student behavior sometimes does not align with administrative expectations.
According to the dashboard, there were an average of seven cases per day last week, including the newly reported positive test results from the weekend.
Amendment One establishes a sixteen-person panel, made up of eight legislators and eight non-legislators, that would draw electoral maps.
Voter registration in Virginia ends Tuesday, although Virginia’s voter registration website went down until the early afternoon for more than five and a half hours due to a cut cable.
Monday’s update said that there were only 99 active cases in the University community, down from the 219 reported last Thursday.
The University remains concerned that the number of positive COVID-19 cases are “still a little high."
45 individuals tested positive on Friday, ten on Saturday and zero on Sunday. This is the first time zero cases have been reported on any given day since data collection on the tracker began.
With the Oct. 13 voter registration deadline approaching, Charlottesville and student groups are working to ensure that every student has the ability to vote this November.
In total, 729 cases have been reported to the University since August 17. Of these, 240 are active, meaning that these individuals tested positive within the past 10 days and require isolation on- or off-Grounds.
According to a University-wide email sent by Chief of Police Timothy Longo, the incident occurred at an off-Grounds residence located on 15th Street.
Religious Studies Prof. Jalane Schmidt, a community activist who leads walking tours of local Confederate monuments, said the County’s decision to remove Johnny Reb “shows a real shift in public knowledge and understanding.”
Wednesday’s event included dancing, food, art and shared stories of collective grief and resisting white supremacy in Charlottesville.
City officials released body camera footage of the arrest after a video surfaced showing a CPD officer throwing a man to the ground during an arrest.
A pamphlet found at the cemetery that serves as a walking tour guide of its grounds reads, “This peaceful glen holds the remains of 1,097 Confederate soldiers from regiments representing 11 Southern states, most of whom died during the [Civil] War at the Charlottesville General Hospital."
Demonstrators gathered near the Charlottesville Amtrak station Wednesday in remembrance of Sage Smith, a local Black transgender woman who went missing in November 2012 and was last seen in the area.
The Fifth District is reliably conservative, having a Republican congressman since 2010.
Following protests throughout Richmond — and across the state of Virginia — over the death of George Floyd, Gov. Ralph Northam announced June 4 that Lee statue would be removed after 130 years.
Around 12:30 pm, Charlottesville police responded to a call that shots were fired in the 1100 block of West Main street.
