VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The earliest numbers are in for the first days of Virginia's early voting window.
This November, all General Assembly lawmaking seats are up for grabs, in a widely-watched election cycle that will determine who controls the state's lawmaking body.
In 2021, more than 1.1 million votes were cast in the November General Election.
According to the Virginia Public Access Project, more than 33,000 votes were cast so far this year, statewide. The seven cities making up the Hampton Roads region account for less than 10% of that total, with more than 2,400 votes cast as of Wednesday.
Here are those totals across the localities so far:
- Virginia Beach: 872
- Norfolk: 194
- Chesapeake: 499
- Portsmouth: 256
- Suffolk: 321
- Newport News: 73
- Hampton: 239
Those totals include both mail and in-person votes.
VPAP has also tracked the mail-in application data across the localities, as well as by the House of Delegates and State Senate race.
The seven cities make up more than 56,000 applications:
- Virginia Beach: 21,000
- Norfolk: 8,000
- Chesapeake: 9,000
- Portsmouth: 3,500
- Suffolk: 4,000
- Newport News: 6,000
- Hampton: 4,800
Virginia Beach's Director of Elections noted to 13News Now the inclement weather from Tropical Storm Ophelia may have slowed down the first days of early in-person voting, as the city has seen a lower total across the same number of days compared to a year prior.