Virginia Beach adds Princess Anne Library as in-person absentee-voting site
Virginia Beach City Council enacted Ordinance 3868 on July 14, changing the city code’s list of in-person absentee-voting locations ahead of Virginia’s Aug. 4 primary.
The ordinance amends section 10-1.1 of the Virginia Beach City Code. It adds Princess Anne Area Library as an in-person absentee-voting location and removes Meyera Oberndorf Central Library from that list.
The action is an enacted code amendment, rather than a proposal or a pending measure. The city’s recent-ordinances listing identifies the change as a City Council action dated July 14.
Library locations change before primary
For Virginia Beach voters seeking to cast ballots in person before Election Day, the ordinance changes the library locations named in city code. Princess Anne Area Library is the newly added site, while Meyera Oberndorf Central Library is no longer listed as an in-person absentee-voting location.
The available ordinance summary does not state the replacement site’s operating hours or an exact effective date for the location change. It also does not explain why the city replaced the Central Library location with Princess Anne Area Library.
The records reviewed do not provide a City Council vote total. They also do not establish whether the change will increase or decrease the city’s overall in-person voting capacity.
Separate vote-by-mail deadline
The location amendment came before the Aug. 4, 2026, Virginia primary. In separate election information published by the city, the Virginia Beach Office of Elections said applications to vote by mail for that primary had to be received by the registrar by 5 p.m. July 24.
That July 24 deadline applies to vote-by-mail applications. The city’s election notice cited in the source packet does not identify it as a deadline for voting in person at an absentee-voting location.
Voters who planned to use an in-person absentee-voting site before the primary should therefore distinguish between the code change affecting the named library locations and the separate application deadline for voting by mail.
What the ordinance does — and does not — establish
Ordinance 3868 makes a specific administrative change: one library is added to, and one library is removed from, the city code provision governing in-person absentee-voting locations. The available city materials do not attribute a partisan purpose to the decision or describe public reaction.
The official records establish the date of the ordinance, the code section amended and the two library locations involved. Additional details about site operations would need to come from election officials or later city election guidance.
Sources
- Codes and Ordinances — Recent Amendments, City of Virginia Beach
- Vote 2026: Early Voting for Aug. 4 Primary, City of Virginia Beach