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Minutes, Jul 2, 2019 P a g e | 1 MINUTES City of Charlottesville Electoral Board Meeting of July 2, 2019 The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 5:46 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, in the office of the Charlottesville General Registrar. Those present were Electoral Board members Anne Hemenway (Chair), Jon Bright (Vice Chair), and Jim Nix (Secretary), General Registrar, Melissa Morton and Acting Deputy Registrar Jamie Virostko. On a motion by the Chair, seconded by the Vice Chair, the agenda was unanimously approved without change. On a motion by the Chair, seconded by the Vice Chair, the minutes of the June 4, 2019 meeting were unanimously approved without change. On a motion by the Chair, seconded by the Vice Chair, the minutes of the June 11-14, 2019 meeting were unanimously approved without change. Public Comment The following members of the public were present for this meeting: Ms. Molly Conger and Ms. Ivora Hinton. Ms. Hinton complimented the Board and staff on having conducted a well-run election on June 11. Comments by the Chair Ms. Hemenway spoke in recognition of Ms. Morton as the new Charlottesville General Registrar and reported on the introduction of Ms. Morton to the City Council and City Manager at the Council meeting July 1. In welcoming the new registrar, the Chair spelled out two goals for the coming year: 1) Conduct of secure, safe, organized and efficient elections. 2) Increase outreach to the community, including University of Virginia students, on registration and other voting issues. High voter turnout is anticipated next year. We plan outreach to the community by multiple means to recruit additional officers of election. The Chair also discussed the merits of the new tablet-based electronic poll books planned for acquisition in time for the high-turnout primary and general elections in 2020.