Registrar proposes moving two precincts, board sets April public hearing on option to create new Falling River location

Patricia Morton, the Appomattox County registrar, presented three options to the Board of Supervisors to reduce the county’s nine precincts to seven as a cost‑saving and facility‑quality measure. The proposed changes would consolidate one precinct housed in a building without indoor plumbing and create a new polling place for Falling River voters at Friendship Baptist Church under the option the board selected for public hearing.

Morton told supervisors recent election‑law changes — including 45 days of early voting, an absentee permanent list and a June primary — have increased administrative workload and cost. She said the AG precinct building lacks running water and adequate heating and that Oakville appears a better long‑term site for AG precinct voters. Morton also proposed creating a new Falling River polling location at Friendship Baptist Church after reviewing four churches in…