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Court grants 3 Virginia towns permission to move elections

By The Associated Press

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court has given permission to three towns in Loudoun County to move their municipal elections to next month in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The towns of Lovettsville, Middleburg and Purcellville will now hold their municipal elections to Thursday, June 4.

In addition, the towns of Hamilton and Round Hill are scheduled to hold their municipal elections on Tuesday, May 19, two weeks later than originally scheduled.

Loudoun County election officials are encouraging voters in the upcoming town elections to cast absentee ballots.

People can apply for the ballots online, and the deadline for the June 4 election is May 28.

Loudoun Co. school board to weigh name changes for 10 schools

By Neal Augenstein
The Loudoun County School Board has heard from local researchers, who believe 10 current school names should be looked at more closely for Confederate or segregationist associations. The board heard from Stephen Hammond and Larry Branch from the Black History Committee of the Friends of Thomas Balch Library Tuesday night. The organization was founded in 2000 "to preserve, collect, promote and share the history of African Americans who contributed to the emergence and development of Loudoun County, Virginia."
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