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<br />On campaign finance, the registrar reported that all local candidates have filed finance <br />reports but some corrections had been required and a few forms were submitted late <br />and would possibly result in fines. In addition, five letters had been sent to previous <br />candidates with open campaign accounts who had neglected to file reports. On a <br />related issue, the board had previously asked what the procedure was for enforcing the <br />requirement for disclaimers on local campaign advertisements. The registrar advised <br />that the GREB Handbook states, “All complaints related to failure to properly disclaim <br />political advertisements should be referred to the State Board of Elections which has <br />sole authority to assess civil penalties and refer possible willful violations to the <br />appropriate Commonwealth’s attorney for investigation.” <br /> <br />The final item discussed from the registrar’s report was the potential application of state <br />rules on electronic meetings to the Electoral Board. It appears that the rules require <br />that two Board members must be physically present in order to conduct a meeting but <br />that a third member can participate electronically if a local policy governing this <br />procedure has been established. The chair suggested that, at a future meeting, we <br />should consider whether or not to establish such a policy. <br /> <br />Appointment of Officers of Election <br /> <br />Although active recruitment of election officials has been suspended because we <br />already have a sufficient number on the roster for this year’s elections, a few <br />applications have recently been received. Assistant Registrar Melissa Morton <br />presented the Board with six such applications for consideration. The chair moved that <br />five of these be approved and one (Shirley Early) be deferred pending receipt of <br />additional information. The motion was seconded by the secretary and approved <br />unanimously. The following were appointed as Charlottesville election officials: <br /> <br />Joy D. Sabol <br />Joseph G. Sabol <br />Donnell Lee Norman <br />John B. Clark Jr. <br />Kate Stephensen <br /> <br />Review of Training Materials for Election Officials <br /> <br />Assistant Registrar Melissa Morton provided extensive information packets to the board <br />members that included the schedule for preparation for the June 13 primary and training <br />materials for election officials. Several items were discussed and the Board members <br />were asked to undertake a detailed review of all the printed material and respond to Ms <br />Morton with comments and suggestions by the end of the week (April 28). One item <br />discussed was the updated election official evaluation form. The new version includes