Panelists answered questions about the closeness of the race and what the ultimate decision could mean for the future of each party, as well as the nation.
Dr. Cameron Webb conceded the race to Republican candidate Bob Good early Wednesday morning. The Webb campaign conceded when the number of outstanding ballots was unable to make up the difference between Webb and Republican candidate Bob Good.
The stakes of this election, while anxiety-inducing for some, have also made some students appreciate that this is the first election of many that they will be able to participate in.
Though COVID-19 has impacted each group’s operations this semester, club members have been gathering outdoors in masked and socially-distanced groups, as well as virtually over Zoom, to participate in campaigning events.
College Republicans and University Democrats are planning on hosting viewing parties to watch the outcome of the 2020 Elections. These clubs have hosted election watch parties in previous years, but as a result of the pandemic, the parties this year will be smaller and socially distanced.
Events included a “Policing and Protests 101” information session Oct. 26 and an undocUVA training Wednesday which discussed community issues of policing and the roles of the three organizations in their activist work.
In the email, Ryan encouraged students to vote in a year “marked by a repeated feeling of uncertainty."
President Ryan acknowledged that students have faced feelings of isolation and stress over the course of the semester and that the University is working to bring more students into classrooms in the spring.
Freshmen and upperclassmen alike moved into on and off-campus housing this fall for a semester like no other.
So far, Drs. Chintan Ramani and Alexandra Kadl have said that their patients have been in relatively good health at the six week check-up.
The number of daily average new cases has remained below 10 since the week of Oct. 11.
The size limit on gatherings was originally five people, but the University raised it to 10 as of Oct. 13.
“Given the adjustments we have made to the fall academic calendar due to the pandemic, we will not be canceling classes on Election Day," Coy said.
The evening’s agenda included a series of student speakers, community-building discussion groups and a concluding exercise wherein students were invited to write responses to a series of prompts about Ryan’s statement.
About 50 students sat in the grass and on the stairs of the amphitheater to watch, and the debate was projected onto a large screen in front of Bryan Hall.
A total of 5,041 tests were administered within the University community last week with 51 tests producing positive results for a positivity rate of 1.01 percent.
The University recommends students get a flu shot by the end of October.
Absentee ballots can either be mailed to a designated election office or dropped off at its corresponding polling place.
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.
