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Soloemilia OP t1_j02wtb8 wrote

UPDATED TO ADD LOCATIONS:

The 4th Congressional District Committee will hold an unassembled caucus on Tuesday, December 20, 6am to 7pm at the following locations: ● Brunswick Conference Center - 100 Athletic Field Rd, Lawrenceville, Virginia 23868 ● Dogtown Dance Studio - 109 W 15th St, Richmond, VA 23224 ● Diversity Richmond - 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond, VA 23220 ● IBEW Local 666 - 1390 E Nine Mile Rd, Highland Springs VA 23075 ● Tabernacle Baptist Church - 444 Halifax St, Petersburg, VA 23803

Any registered voter in the 4th Congressional District who meets the participation requirements outlined in the call to caucus will be eligible to vote at any of the caucus voting locations.

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SpartiedOn t1_j03iejt wrote

What a weird collection of places. I am honestly baffled at the choices and how few there are. I imagine that it might be on purpose

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bmore_in_rva t1_j0468y3 wrote

Firehouse primary on short notice is a less-than-ideal situation. At a glance, it looks like the committee managed to find a location in far southside (Lawrenceville), one in petersburg, one in south richmond (with good bus access), one in north richmond, and one in eastern henrico (just off I-64). Polling locations in every neighborhood are obviously preferable, but given that wasn't an option (for off-schedule primaries, party committees have to arrange their own logistics), their locations seem fairly reasonable to me considering that the most of the population of the district lives fairly centrally and that city residents are less likely to have a car and be able to drive to a distant location. They could have just picked one location and made everyone go there, but they didn't.

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OnARedditDiet t1_j04sap5 wrote

I don't know if the governor meant to cause disarray but there was almost no notice at all. They have like 3 weeks to basically decide who will be the representative for 2 years.

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Soloemilia OP t1_j0552ry wrote

I think the disorder and disarray was intentional.

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systematical t1_j056oie wrote

It's complete ass. I guess the Dance Studio is the closest place if you're in Church Hill (by a hair).

Democrats suddenly not all about polling places and all that stuff they claim to be for.

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OnARedditDiet t1_j06ufgh wrote

Give me a break, the governor set the deadline not Democrats, it could have been a caucus and even more restrictive but they're doing their best for 2 week notice on the week of Christmas

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