Newport News is changing Election Day polling locations for voters in the city’s South Morrison precinct after a vehicle crashed into the original polling location and it was condemned over the weekend.

Voters who were set to vote at Ivy Farms Community of Faith Church along Ivy Farms Road on Tuesday will now vote at South Morrison Family Education Center along Adam Drive, according to the city’s Elections Director Vicki Lewis. The education center is a roughly two-minute drive from the church and is the former polling place for South Morrison voters before the city changed locations to the church.

The voter registrar received word Saturday a vehicle had driven through the church building and had completely gone through its brick exterior, and the fire department condemned the building, according to Lewis. She added the damage will likely force the registrar to shift South Morrison polling locations moving forward.

“We’re probably going to probably have to relocate permanently after this election,” Lewis said. “I don’t know if they’re going to be able to rebuild, or what’s going to take place.”

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The Newport News Fire Department did not respond to request for comment in time for publication.

Newport News has already seen roughly 13,000 ballots cast in this year’s election, including more than 2,000 on Saturday, Lewis said. In comparison, roughly 26,000 people voted in last year’s presidential election.

Deputy sheriffs will be posted outside the church during voting hours on Election Day to ensure voters are able to find the correct polling location. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Virginia, and people will be allowed to vote as long as they are in line by 7 p.m.

Devlin Epding, 757-510-4037, devlin.epding@virginiamedia.com

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