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Supervisors approve advertising to consolidate Wolftown and Graves Mill precincts, set Rose Park United Methodist Church as proposed polling place
Summary
The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted to advertise a proposed polling-place change: consolidating Wolftown and Graves Mill precincts with voting to be held at Rose Park United Methodist Church (to be named "Graves Mill/Wolftown" for notices). The board directed the county attorney to prepare ordinances and scheduled a public hearing.
The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted to advertise a package of actions to change local polling places and consolidate two precincts ahead of upcoming elections.
Jim Smith, chair of the Madison County Electoral Board, and Lauren Eanes, the county’s general registrar, presented options after the Wolftown precinct’s prior polling location became unavailable. Smith said the registrar must notify affected voters and that ordinance deadlines under Virginia law require ample lead time: "The ordinance has to be in place 30 days after it was passed," he told the board, noting the need to issue mail notices well before the start of early voting.
The electoral board recommended…
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